Alea, Thank you for capturing my family in such a perfect light! My favorite photo is the one where Ollie and I are walking together away from the camera holding hands. That photo is special to me because there is a poem that my dad has on his bedroom wall that is titled “the little chap who follows me” :
The Little Chap Who Follows Me
A careful man I ought to be,
A little fellow follows me,
I do not dare to go astray
For fear he’ll go the selfsame way.
I cannot once escape his eyes,
Whate’er he sees me do, he tries;
Like me, he says, he’s going to be,
The little chap who follows me.
He thinks that I am good and fine,
Believes in every word of mine
The base in me he must not see,
The little chap who follows me.
I must remember as I go,
Through summer’s fun and winter’s snow,
In building for the years to be
The little chap who follows me!