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Sean + Julie // Wedding // The Wooster Inn

On a chilly fall evening, Sean & Julie began their lives together, and combined two families into one. The wedding was sweet, the family was incredible, and the raw emotions throughout the day made everything so perfect. Congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. Hartzler! 

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Today is a really, really hard day. Breathe in, breathe out. // This is my first self-portrait in over a year, taken last night at blue hour in the forest. I only heard the wind in this moment, and it's the most at peace I've felt in a long while. 💫 Anywhere you feel largely at peace?
The hills are alive with the sound of music, the sound of the wind, the sound of the rain. It is a Fog-filled morning in South Dakota, and I am grateful for the husband who follows me outside to make my photo dreams come true. Spending these quiet early mornings together, teaching him my craft, makes my heart soar. Today, I am quiet and I am full.
Today is full of laundry, cooking, filling out a million forms, booking flights across the country, cleaning the apartment, and helping Jake pack for the next two months. I think Instagram glorifies all the pretty parts of our lives but I'm striving to show more of the real. This is our real today: The first sunshine in a week, a messy one-bedroom apartment, and the savoring of the last few days together for a while. Embrace the real.
More amazing people dressed to the nines, please. I loved getting to spend just a few minutes with Katherine and Patrick last night before they spent the evening at the ball. Who knew downtown Rapid City has some real gems? So far, this place is turning out to be pretty awesome. 🖤🙌🏽 (PS I went back to this restaurant for dinner and it was delicious 🤤)
It has been nine years. September 13, 2009 is the day I was sexually assaulted and entered into a violent, harassing, unstable relationship. It’s been a really long nine years for me. . There’s a lot to the story that you don’t need to hear but the moral of this story is that I was irreparably broken for an extremely long time. For the next year, I had bruises and I was emotionally and mentally torn down every day. Every single day. I was told that I was unwanted and unloved and unneeded and unworthy of love and decency. I believed those words for far too long and even still, I hear his voice reminding me of those words nine years later. For nine years, I’ve held those words against my lungs instead of my heart with the hope that I’ll be able to exhale them away like fresh air but they seem to be stuck to me like a tumor I can’t get rid of because to get rid of the tumor would be to get rid of my lungs and I can’t live without lungs so I’m still here, still breathing, still living. . That’s what this is all about. Last year, I finally wrote about what I went through and ever since, I’ve been starting to finally heal. Finding Jake has been the biggest blessing - to be truly loved and cherished, that is a joy and a blessing I can’t find the words for. However, what happened to me will always a part of who I am. Today, I went into the woods and stood in the warmth of the sun and felt strength and bravery and healing. The bruises, although invisible now, are still there. The words, said so long ago, always hang in the back of my mind. What happened to me used to be a huge part of my identity - so large, that my life almost ended multiple times. Today, what happened is still a part of me and I hope I never forget it because it has made me stronger and kinder and braver and more resilient. Today, what happened to me lent itself to healing in the forest hills and cold rivers. Today, I am more than those words. I am more than what happened to me. I am more than what he said I would ever be. Today, on the anniversary of a day I was on the edge of taking my life... Today, I really truly lived and remembered the joy in being alive. The joy in being more.
The journey is incredible. When I met this couple, they had just gotten engaged after being high school sweethearts and we celebrated their love with photos and blooming gardens and everything good. They got married in the following fall. Sarah and Austin have a kind of love that is pure and good and kind - their journey is long and winding, and oh so beautiful. This past weekend, I was invited to their baby shower in celebration of their soon-arriving little girl. Its always such an honor to watch the flourishing of people's lives. People, who chose me to document a part of their journey. This journey is crazy and wild and wonderful, and I hope no one ever takes for granted the twists and turns because one day, you'll be grateful for every path that led you to right here, right now. Tonight, I'm so grateful for the journey. // A quick little #tbt for today's post.
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