What a beautiful day to be alive and be free! Don’t you ever have those days when you feel like you are on top of the world? Like nothing can bring you down!

Yesterday was such a day. I dancing with joy at the relaunch of my new website and in love with the design the beautiful Brandilynn Aines of Brandilynn Aines Creatives put together for me with so much love and patience. She welcomed me into her home and listened very carefully to what it was that I wanted or had envisioned. At times when I didn’t know what I wanted to say, she somehow understood me. And I thank her for it so much! It was around 6:15ish in the evening when I left her home happy. Very happy. I got in my car to leave and immediately wanted to call my mom to tell her all about it.

And here is the true purpose of this blog post: my mom.

She is the reason I live and breath in the way that I do. She taught me never to fear anything or anyone. It was and still is very scary to run a small business, but my mother never doubted me at any step. She always says “just jump into it” because she has never been afraid of any challenges in life. And she’s had plenty of them herself.

My mother has always looked the naysayers in the face and walked past them, and I completely trust her instincts. She has never crushed any of my dreams. She has always been there for me when others were no where to be found.

So I found it fitting to dedicate this re-launch to my sweet mama who continues to sacrifice everything for her family and is never too far from us! We can always count on her prayers, on her shoulder, and on her faith in us. We can always count on her.

Here is to a beautiful day in your lives and all the wonderful people who support you through thick and thin!

~Nilo

P.S. Please enjoy the photographs of me with my mother on my wedding day. A girl always looks back on her wedding day and all the beautiful memories she made with her family and friends. Although I have made many memories throughout my lifetime with my mother, the ones on my wedding day will be in the top 10. She is a beautiful woman inside and out, and I will never tire of looking at them. She made it such a special day for me and for my husband, and since I am in the business of wedding photography, what better way to share a little about me than to share with you the love and joy that surrounded me on my wedding day. I thank Jennifer Catron of Beck and Call Photography for capturing the day for me.

Enjoy!

Images taken by Jennifer Catron of Beck and Call Photography.