Chasing Light Photography is born

I decided to take a leap of faith and start my photography business. From the time I can remember I always had a camera in my hands. I think I will blame my dad for that one. I have always been a fan of black and white photography. I have way too many favorite photographers to list here.  The goal of my business is to focus on the natural beauty in a photograph. If you have any questions please contact me on here/ facebook/ or call 517/750/7441. Much love, Stefanie Parks 

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run forest run

today I decided to get dedicated once again to my fitness routine. A couple years ago I was running and felt pretty good overall and then I got preggo and couldnt do the races that I wanted to do. So this year I said it will be done.. I have recruited numerous friends to assist with the encouragement. So here it goes~!!!!!! I completed one mile on the elliptical and I feel GREAT!!!
It was a nice and easy day with low stress. It is what I want SUNDAYS to be~~~~~~ LAZY and to be with family. I did a little laundry and straightened the house up a little. The nice thing is that I  have Emma now trained for a 5.00 a week allowance and she has a list of 8 things that she has to do daily- i first started with offering her a dollar a day but she wouldn't take it so I offered her 5.00 a wk and she was quickly sold on the idea !!!! Silly girl!! On Sat Emma had her last soccer game and did awesome- I am so proud of her and she even signed up for another season :-) Hip Hip Hooray for  our little soccer star!!!! Well I am off to spend the rest of my Sunday with my family!! Good night everyone!!

it gets away from us

As I sit here nursing my 7 month old Ady- I often times just think about life. I am very grateful for the life that my husband and I have created together. We also have a 6 yr old Emma. Life has been great to us. We have 2 beautiful healthy children, good jobs and a roof over our heads and will be celebrating our 13 wedding anniversary in August. We have been given our fair share of rotten apples in life but nothing compares to what happened in our town just 2 weeks ago.  A couple expecting their first child was in a car accident and both the mother and baby passed away. They had been trying for some time to conceive. My family was at the home improvement store when the white out winter conditions occurred. It was awful and I couldn't imagine what happened. I didn't even know this family except through a mutual friend. My heart sank and I cried and cried with every news article that was released. I too was mad at God for why did he do this and why did he have to take so much from this husband and father. He waited too long and didn't deserve this. I have always "believed" in God and I am not one to go to a "house" of worship to tell you the truth. I have my God and I am comfortable talking to him day or night anywhere I please.  I did find myself talking to him a lot more during that last 2 weeks............ I tell him thank you every day for what he has allowed me to experienced. I thank him for my loving family especially my hubby and my children. I also catch myself asking him why my brother cant come to his senses but than I am reminded to take care of things one at a time............I catch myself thinking about the Cole/Fisher family often and wish that they didn't have to go through what they have. I too am reminded that God will take care of them one day at a time.  All these reminders and then I need to remember to take each day as it comes because LIFE is too short and you never know if today will be your last. So life live each day to the fullest, never go to bed angry and never say goodbye- say until we meet again :-)