Florence, SC Senior Photographer: My Mak

THIS is why those senior sessions are hitting just a little bit different this year. This boy who made us parents like seven years ago (or so it feels) is in his last year of living in our home. That makes me want to curl up on my couch and cry and also stand up on my rooftop and cheer him on at the top of my lungs. It is the ultimate feeling of bittersweet. How did it happen so fast? How is supper going to look without his wildly inappropriate humor at the table? What will it be like to walk out of my house and not see a gang of dirty, grease covered teenage boys working on various vehicles in my driveway? Will my couch finally stay clean? But also…DANG, we are SO STINKING EXCITED to watch this boy fly. He has dreams and goals and a drive that I have never seen before in a seventeen year old kid and I can’t wait to see what the Lord does. Our daily (hourly!) prayer is that Makgill remembers all he has learned during these years in our home…both the good and the bad…and uses it for the glory of the Lord. That he enjoys the goodness of God, even when circumstances are tough, and shares it with everyone he comes in contact with. We love him in a way I never knew was possible. And I guess that’s why it hurts so much but feels so perfect.