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I can't answer any of them except the last one -
I was profoundly touched by the loss of our friends' baby the week I found out I was expecting my first. I started writing a book a couple of years later on pregnancy and infant loss. I had it about 3/4ths of the way done, when we lost a baby to miscarriage. It hurt too much and I threw the whole thing away a few months later, because I never though I could come back to it.
I've always felt very "called" to work with bereaved parents and feel comfortable with the subject matter. I've always loved photography and worked as a freelance writer/photographer for a while - then had too many kids to keep my head above water and something had to give.
Coming back to it and trying to learn digital photography reopened that interest and seeing the story of NILMDTS cemented it for me. I was a nanny for a micropreemie and had a daughter in the NICU as well, so the idea of working with children in those situations also is an environment in which I feel "comfortable" (or as comfortable as you can expect).
I think it's a beautiful gift of a precious time in a parents' life and I can think of no greater honor than being invited to document that time. Like you, I have no interest in starting up a biz right now - but I continue to document Jack's journey and feel that I'm improving along the way. And, maybe some day I can be there for someone else.
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