After a tiring weekend, I spent much of this morning relaxing and catching up on rest. My husband made pancakes and he and I watched as our 2-year-old, Azalea, dipped her fork into her pool of maple syrup and licked it clean. Repeatedly. He took her to work with him and I napped in the comfort and safety of my home, with access to so many amenities we so often take for granted.
I can only imagine how a person living in Puerto Rico in my position - married with a young child - would have spent her day, how wildly different the two of our lives suddenly are. Hurricane Maria swept through Puerto Rico leaving sadness and devastation and desperation in its wake. Nearly the entirety of its population - 3.4 million people - are still without power, some without access to much food or drinking water.
Donations for natural disasters and crises tend to pour in immediately following the event, but taper and eventually run dry. Unfortunately for Puerto Rico, the recovery will be long-term and expensive.
For every photo shoot from now until mid November, I'll be donating 50 percent of all my session fees. That means you can book a shoot, and half of what you spend will be donated directly to United for Puerto Rico and UNICEF's hurricane relief efforts in Puerto Rico. For the cost of one photo session, you can get a number of photos of your family and also provide 4.5 disaster relief kits directly to Puerto Rican children and help these people rebuild their lives.
Puerto Rico, mi corazón está con ustedes
