Hi, I am Sara.
I am a typical mom of three wild and crazy humans, have the most handsome man by my side, and have been a local to the Youngstown area for my entire existence. Struthers, to be exact. Once a Wildcat. Always a Wildcat. (Even though my soul resides on the Jersey Shore.)
Finding my passion was a hike through the trenches to say the least and it took years of shadow work to get where I am today. I won't bore you with all the trauma of life but if you were there, thank you. If you weren't, be glad because it got a little dark back there.
We can all agree that losing people around you can be debilitating. Everyone mourns in different ways and for varying periods of time, but the grief is a constant reminder. Losing my Mom...it took me on a journey. This beautiful, strong, wise, old soul that I know told me: "Grief and love are a couple, you can't have one without the other. When you recognize you wouldn't change the love you had to get rid of the Grief. You know that grief is the gift to remind you of a beautiful connection that transcends the physical world." I am thankful to have known my mother's love and now my grief serves as a reminder of the unconditional love we shared.
My only goal as an artist is to capture the feeling of a moment with every photograph. When you see my work you will relive every ounce of love and excitement from your engagement event, or every ounce of joy and gentleness of your child's 1st birthday party. Your wedding portfolio should transport you back to your first step down the aisle and that magical first kiss with the love of your life. I want you to feel the energy from the dance floor; when you got to dance with your person for the first time, or when your great grandparents are the last ones left because they have been married the longest. I want to capture all of the light in your life, so you can relive these memories forever.
If you are willing to let me be a part of YOUR journey, let's talk about it.
Let me shed some light...
I can remember being little and my Grammy would take a million pictures of all of us. So many, in fact, that I can remember laughing about it all the time. Never understanding the intent behind it as a child, I simply thought she enjoyed making me walk to CVS to develop her rolls of film, or making us stop whatever we were doing to snap a shot. I'm eternally grateful for these memories from all stages of my life up until the point she was gone in 2004. Thankful for all of the captured moments of my family before I was even born, such as those of my great grandparents or my grammy and my parents as teenagers catching rays on the Jersey Shore. I finally understood completely why she was picture crazy in 2011 when my Mom suddenly passed away. She was gone in the blink of an eye. I sat there the morning we got home from the hospital going through all of my Grammys pictures. Years and years of memories of my Mom.
The most recent picture of my mom and I; it was one of us on the Jersey Shore... selfie style... with the vortex type winds blowing through our hair.
We vacationed there a month before she left us.
I spent a great deal of time looking through old pictures, and that was the only picture I could find of her and I since my graduation. Five years had passed since I graduated High School! FIVE YEARS without there being a picture taken... at any point in this magical life of ours ...of the two of us. This picture has become one of the most treasured memories of my Mom. The pure light energy in this picture is so comforting and healing to me.
That is when I realized exactly what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. I want to capture moments... memories... of people, places and things. All with hopes that it will give you all the good feelings, emotions and energy that this picture gives me.
Here is to my journey. Hope you follow along and possibly let me take pictures of things that make your Heart and Soul feel good too.
The last photo of My mom & I on the Shore.
Grammy, Mom & Aunt Shelly biking the boards.
Aunt Shelly & Mom on East Magnolia Avenue.
Dad & Mom on the Jersey Shore in 1985.
Mom, Aunt Shelly, Uncle Vinny & Aunt Marlene.
Me & Dad on the Jersey Shore in 1992.
Me & Mom on the Boardwalk
My Brother & I on the Wildwood Crest Beach.
My Brother, Mikey on the Wildwood Beach 1996.
My Dad & Mom at the Bally's Beach Bar. Atlantic City.
I've learned that finding the Light in the darkest of times is a super power. It is MY super power.
With the death of my mom came one of the brightest lights to enter our family, my baby sister. She was only 2 when her Mom and my Dad started dating but she was exactly what I needed. It has been over a decade and my dad has since adopted her.
My Dad & Sister at the Courthouse.
Aunt Shell (Dad's Twin sister), Uncle Mike, Joann (Mom's Best Friend), my Step Mom (Erin), Aunt Shelly (mom's sister), my Cousin Meagan & me unknowingly meeting at the airport to fly out to Jersey Shore on the SAME flight.
My Dad, Brother, Sister, Step mom, Mason & me watching my Brother being inducted into the Youngstown Fire Department.
Falling in love on the Jersey Shore
This is Ryan.
He asked me under the Crest Pier at Sunset.
The same pier that my mom walked to every morning a month before she was gone. Just to see the sunrise.
He listened to my stories. One little detail, in one of my memories of my mom. He heard me, he knew what my soul needed. I promise you should wait for the one who listens. It is totally worth it.
Photos by: Leo Joseph Photography
Philadelphia, PA
Meet my tiny humans.
My wild child. Owen.
My sassy diva. Madison.
My book worm. Mason.
Words from that Beautiful, Strong, Wise Old Soul I told you about...
Grief is crippling at times, it never gets easier just tolerable. It's getting used to not ever feeling the way you did before. Some days are tolerable others are crippling. The beauty of grief? Grief and love are a couple, you can't have one without the other. When you recognize you wouldn't change the love you had to get rid of the Grief. You know that grief is the gift to remind you of a beautiful connection that transcends the physical world. Grief let's you know you love and are loved back, unconditionally. It won't ever fully go away but either will the love. It's being changed on the most spiritual level. It's so raw and real. At times we have to sit in our awful, soul wrenching, grief stricken energy, and then a peace comes, we remember the love they gifted us with, and it doesn't get any better than that. There is enough love for everyone. This moment came together because so many of us are sitting in our grief, at the same time, feeling alone, yet not alone at all. I am sitting in that energy of grief with you. Quietly. You are sitting in my energy of grief. Quietly. I am grateful for your quiet strength. Your feelings are valid. Your grief matters. Your love matters. Your happiness will be different now but it will be joyous and worth your love and your time.
We got this.
-Kathleen Moore
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