50 years is many days, years, decades on this Earth. We are fortune if we spend most of that time with people we care about. Back in early October, Karisa Gratton messaged me to help celebrate her grandparent’s 50th wedding anniversary with a family photoshoot in Grand Forks. Since I love family photoshoots, especially big family photoshoots, I helped plan out where we would meet that would still have colorful fall leaves. Luckily, in mid-October there were some parks with gorgeous leaves clinging to their trees and bushes.
The happy couple, Darryl and Bev Dahl, in the past 50 years have raised a kind family that have raised their own children. Bev loved the leaves, river and bridge at Sertoma Park. It ended up being the perfect location. The photoshoot was full of laughs, and trying not to think about the snow that was trying to accumulate. (I edited out the snowflakes because no one needs to be reminded or see snow in late October.) The letters each represent the last names of the families. Serendipitously enough, the individual families lined up perfectly to spell the word ‘God’ (‘dog’ is a good word too) without any guidance.
Thank you to Karisa for letting me know about your family. A special thanks to Darryl and Bev for raising a family of kind people. We all need more kindness around us.
-Desiree
