-Thoreau
For her 21st birthday I gave Suzie a card that had this quote inscribed on the front. It's so perfect for her, not because she doesn't follow her dreams and needs the motivation but because she is a first class dream chaser to the highest extent.
We went to high school together and while I was dreaming of marriage and family, Suzie was dreaming of Paris, conversing in French to perfection, and experiencing the type of foreign love affair that movies are made of. While I adored our high school and felt comfort in the protection of those Catholic all-girls school halls she was dying to be set free into the "real world" and live out all she had imagined.
A lot of high school kids have dreams like Suzie though, but seldom have the courage, strength and intelligence to make their dreams come true. Not my Suzie... after years of studying the language she loves, she boarded a plane headed to Paris, France to live and breath in the city of her dreams. She studied, made friends, had adventures, spoke the language to the locals of perhaps even had that foreign love affair, although I'll never tell ;) But the point is, she did it. She lived the life she imagined.
Now a few years later and armed with a double degree in communications and French, Suzie will return to Paris again this fall to continue the dream she imagined. How blessed am I to have a friend like this? One so capable and incredible. I'm so proud of the life she leads and pray every day that God grants her all she deserves.
So Suzie, enjoy these photos that I feel capture everything I just described: a beautiful young woman on the cusp of a new adventure, living the life she always imagined.
9 comments:
Love that last shot! Great job, buddy!
Seductive, secretive, sensational Suzie.
Love these Molly! You have a beautiful friend and you shoot some incredible pics of her!
Nicely done Molly. I can tell you have a real talent beyond what most people can do with a camera. Capturing the essence of a person or a moment in time is not as easy as most people think. These pictures of Suzie are fantastic!
Whoa!!! These photos are amazing!!! That last shot should be put up on Suzie's wall at her house, it's so intense!!! Great job Molly! And Suzie, you're a fantastic model :-)
Love,
Laura
Looooove the shots with the cactus. Beautiful work Molly!!
What great pictures she'll have to take back to France with her.
Stunning photos! I love your style :)
i love how you give a story with the photos. it really makes them personal. i looked over these before once, but i remembered her eyes after reading the first bit of the story again....
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