A few days after Aleki left us one of the talented
photographers from my hometown, Katie, emailed us. She was several years
younger than me, but being near my younger brothers’ ages I knew her and her
family. She is now married and has a child of her own and sent a beautiful note
to us in our time of sorrow.
At the end of the note she said that she had paid for us to
have a photo session for Tau’aho when he was born. She knew that he was to be
born within weeks of us getting Aleki. She would have done it herself but she
knew we wouldn’t be in the same area for a while. Sure enough when Lucky was
born two weeks later we contacted the photographer, Kiwi at KiwiMarie
Photography and she said she was going to do the photos.
This gift was so touching for us as we don’t have any photos
of Annie and Alli. We do have some
photos of Lady and I with Vaitafe and Aleki that friends or family snapped for
us. At the time we didn’t know that both of those boys would only be with us
two weeks each and those photos became our prized possessions. These two giving
women gave us professional photos of Lucky that we will never have with his
siblings.
To say we are thankful is an understatement.
We found a date—finally—that we could venture down to
Virginia Beach to have the photos taken. Kiwi is so talented. We enjoyed
watching her work. The photos turned out AMAZING! You would never know how much
patience and careful planning goes into each photo. At some points all three of
us were standing around getting Lucky ready for the next photo.
These photos are a testament of all the prayers and kindness
on our behalf as we welcome Tau’aho into our lives this summer. It has been a
roller coaster as we, all of us together, welcomed Aleki’s uexpected arrival
this summer too. We all mourned when he was taken back and held our breath for
three weeks until Tau’aho—our Lucky number 7—was born. These two women did us
such a generous favor. Lady Hiva and I are in awe of all the goodness in the
world. We have so many kind deeds to pay forward.
Thank you Katie and Kiwi for making this possible.
