South Texas Shooters (Photography That Is!)

Some days we face self doubt, most days we don’t and that’s the way it should be! For them days when self doubt comes about and I think I make no difference I get reminded in a very subtle way!

When I think that what I’m doing has no effect, I get reminded by two four legged creatures that I do matter! When I reach this house and Mister Red stands at the gate to the back yard, tail held high and wagging at a 100mpg I am reminded that someone missed my presence, when I walk in the door to the house I get a second reminder by Mister Cruiser who in that subtle way of his that he too missed me, the head butt against my leg, the tail wrap around my calf and for good measure a meow or two! I come in the house to shed the uniform and reflect on the rights and wrongs of the work day, Mister Cruiser comes back in and meows until I follow him outside to take part in the sunshine and peace of the afternoon, Mister Red comes and sits nearby I think to let me know it’s all good, no worries and to lean on me and remind me that I am needed by him and his brother from a different mother (Cruiser).

So when I think that I don’t make a difference in someone’s day I get reminded in the simplest of ways that “Unconditional Love” still exists and in the purest form!

There are moments in ones life that show you make a difference they comes in a smile, a wave or by the simplest of gestures! Last year during senior day at Texas State on of the departing seniors handed me a rose from her bouquet to say thanks for all the photos I took of her during her career on the field. To this day when I look at that rose now dried and fragile I am reminded that a difference was made and a tear of joy wells up in the corner of my eye!

Thank You Courtney

So I guess the moral here is that we all make a positive impact on someone’s life, don’t stop caring and giving from the heart! (I heard my own words!!!)

Mister Red putting the lean on me! Feb 4th 2016