Starting at a very young age, I had a strong calling to document as many things as I could throughout my life with the intent of holding onto as many memories as possible. I took so many photos, recorded so much video, wrote countless journal entries, and had my mom save as many random school papers and art projects that she could. Every time I recorded any of these random moments I would think to myself “I’m going to look back on this one day and smile”. Crazy that I had that mindset so young.

It wasn’t until my grandma got out her laptop this last Mother’s Day and showed us a folder of some old videos I made that I realized I had documented the entirety of my youngest sister’s life up until this point. Even as my grandma was plugging in the laptop, I was recording a video of my sister playing the guitar in at the dining table.

I’ve always been my family’s documenter. If that doesn’t scream, “I was destined to be a photographer,” I don’t know what does.