I know this has nothing to do with portraits or wedding photography, but I wanted to share this picture and tell you exactly how wonderful my friends are. I had an “ugly sweater” party a few days before Christmas and I asked all the invitees to bring a non-perishable food item to donate to Care and Share, which is one of my favorite local charities. As you can see (please ignore my dirty car!), my lovely, kind friends really delivered! I was overwhelmed by their generous hearts and their truly, truly ugly sweaters. ;^) We had a really fun time — there was even a fashion show — and in the end, we all got that warm, fuzzy feeling of helping others and that hot, itchy feeling of wearing polyester next to our skin. Thank you, my wonderful friends! I love you!

Here’s a silly picture of Pat and me at the party, wearing our ugly sweaters. Soon it will be 2017. May it be a learning, giving year for all of us!