Here’s the winning haiku submitted by Ryan for his Maria.

we have faced it all

taking care of each other

seventeen years strong

Their story is heartbreaking and inspirational all in one. In 2008, Liam, their 6 year old son, was diagnosed with an inoperable malignant brain stem tumor. Last June he passed away after an awe-inspiring battle. Ryan and Maria shared the journey HERE with rawness and humility and joy. Liam’s life and fight has made me live and fight harder. It is impossible not to be changed by their experience.

I do not have enough exclamation points to tell you how excited we are to do this for them. Maria and I go way all the way back to 6th grade homeroom with Mrs. Brouillette. That was over two decades ago. Gulp.

Here’s what they have won:

• 1 hour photo session valued at 250 bucks
• Online gallery with 20 professionally edited images
• Your favorite image on a CD delivered to your doorstep

Thanks for all of your creative, heartfelt haikus. It was great fun to read them and we hope you give the next contest a whirl!

Below Meredith & I will lead by example…and share our cheesy dating photos.

Met in Tokyo
Joe drank White Russians; I smoked
Still smiling plus three

I knew him four months
We eloped in Las Vegas
Now fifteen years glad

YOUR turn!

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The fine print: You must live in or be willing to travel to Prince William County or Fauquier County, VA for the shoot. Joslyn Place Photography reserves the right to use all images for promotional purposes. Rules of contest are subject to chance without notice.

Monthly, well, almost monthly, we are going to throw a contest your way. Each contest will have a theme, a prize and a winner. The prize is a photo shoot and the winner, hopefully, will be you.

Do you live in or would be willing to travel to Prince William County or Fauquier County, Virginia?

Do you have a dazzling smile (or not so much) and enjoy free stuff?

Well then, you are just our kind of people. Read on!

Here’s how you enter:

Here’s what you get:

Make sure you subscribe to our feed so you don’t miss out on our contests!

The fine print: Joslyn Place Photography reserves the right to use all images for promotional purposes.
Rules of contest are subject to chance without notice.

As Heather effortlessly (and without yelling or threatening or running in the opposite direction) navigated her children through the streets of Warrenton, Virginia on our photo shoot, I seriously considered taking notes. It was obvious that before me stood a real, live, Super Mom. No joke.

Did I mention that the children were beautiful?