J Cooper Photography

Having one of those train off the tracks…”why me?” kind of days.  And it seems like there have been a lot of them lately.  But that’s a good thing I think.  Because all good things are worth fighting for.

I’ve been working tirelessly this fall taking as many sessions as possible to boost our adoption fund.  I’ve SO enjoyed the work…I seriously have had such fun with so many sweet families in Kansas City.  But when my camera broke I was more than a bit upset that a lot of that hard earned money got shifted from our adoption account to our checking account to pay for a replacement camera body.  So I started thinking creatively to raise back the money I had lost.  Last night I came up with a *brilliant plan* for a fundraising event (at least it seemed brilliant at the time…the verdict is still out).  I set about the house with great gusto with my camera, toying around with some of my ideas….when suddenly CRASH.  My speedlight slipped from my hands and landed…then bounced 3 or 4 or 100 times across our very hard hardwood floors.  And now it’s toast.  As in…won’t fire up, rattles when you shake it, might as well throw it away…toast.

I’d really like to scream “WHY ME???”  But God promises trials.  And I know in my heart that I would scale ANY mountain to get to my child.  And so I’m going to climb back on that train (cough up the money for a new speedlight) and pull back out from the station.  Cause this train is headed for Ethiopia.  And my child is waiting.

And just for kicks…a little teaser on the fundraiser to come in a few weeks!

I think this will be LOTS of fun (for all of us!) so PLEASE check back to see all of the details VERY SOON!!

And for heaven’s sake…hold on to your camera folks.