Christine Rucker Photography

Christine Rucker Photography I am a storyteller with images. I love everything about the still image. I love how it captures a split moment that will never happen again.

My work is crafted out of those split moments and presented as an honest story.

Happy Mothers day mom! I hope you , leanne and paul are eating cake together todayđź’š I miss you all and love you so much....
05/10/2026

Happy Mothers day mom! I hope you , leanne and paul are eating cake together today💚 I miss you all and love you so much. Thank you for being that sweet , sassy boss mom💚 and always keeping each one of us in your heart- you live on in mine now ❤️

05/02/2026

- was special…. One of those solo floats where everything felt connected. The water, the light, the mallards we slowly followed - even the hatch of river bugs seemed to all be connected in an orchestra of river light and birdsong

I’ve been thinking about you a lot the past couple weeks. It’s as if this day.. the marked day- I’m calling it now.. beg...
04/28/2026

I’ve been thinking about you a lot the past couple weeks. It’s as if this day.. the marked day- I’m calling it now.. begins to sink into every part of me, making everything feel heavy.
You are a time capsule in my thoughts- a blur of memories.
Us as kids- running through the back yard
Riding bikes through the neighborhood
You chasing me down the neighbors driveway until I ran my bike into a tree.
You playing piano.. what was like a lullaby to me each night.
You living with me in my first house in Winston-Salem
The years I only saw you at holidays
You at dads funeral.. putting your plastic cup of methadone next to his urn-
Then the months before mom died, you coming in the back door quietly to hold her hand while she slept
And the last beach trip we took with LeAnne.
How you showed up for her, the big brother she always loved.
We both loved.
Then the last two years it was just you and me. Substack Link in caption

It was my sister that named her, and while I was not a fan of the name/ it was fitting that it was a human name.We felt ...
04/16/2026

It was my sister that named her, and while I was not a fan of the name/ it was fitting that it was a human name.

We felt she must have been a human in a past life- I imagined her as this butch-y long haul trucker that smoked two packs of ci******es a day- she just had that vibe.

But, she was my wing girl through the emotional storm of the pandemic, care-taking my mom through dementia, my sister through cancer, and then the loss of them both, a year apart.

She was next to me when my mom took her last breath- paws on the bed rails- her body leaning into mine-
When I took a solo road trip a couple weeks later , I had an emotional break down on the border of kansas and Colorado. She slept on top of me , arms around my neck until the anxiety passed.

she was sitting between leanne and I a year later/ as we took that last slow drive to hospice-

it’s as if she became a death doula with a tail and four legs, absorbing my grief into her dark fur-

then grinned at me with her missing front teeth to lift me up when I needed it most.

TreyC would get me through one more loss- when my brother died this past September.

Then , I suppose she had earned her wings-

We went on the river one more time to say goodbye, and she passed away on the bank of the river that hugged our land.

She is buried under the canoe leanne and me would take on the river- now TreyC can always hear the water and remain close to the place we all loved- and close to the human she came to rescue.

TreyC was a comet that traveled through time and space, landing exactly where she was needed. Thank you for the supportđź’š

Three weeks after I found her, my sister was diagnosed with cancer and my mom was diagnosed with dementia. My life was a...
04/14/2026

Three weeks after I found her, my sister was diagnosed with cancer and my mom was diagnosed with dementia. My life was about to get turned upside down.

But she held a steady presence though it all.
I never worried of anything being too much for her to handle.

She loved going through rapids on the paddle board with me..and diving for rocks and sticks at the bottom of the river.
She would bite my front tire when I took her mountain biking - and finally lost her two front teeth from that habit.
She had this incredible vertical leap.. as if her joy couldn’t be contained in her 35 lb body.
She would leap to my defense as well.
She almost leapt out of the car window when some sketchy dude leaned into my car when I was stopped at a traffic light.

She also terrorized every other dog that came close to me. Eventually, she got a rap for being a bad dog .. and when the neighbors saw us, they would turn around and go the other way.

She was also the first dog I’ve ever had that had a sense of humor- a thief that would grin when she knew she “got you” but a lover when she knew she had won you over.
Her motto was definitely -ask forgiveness not permission.

Im finally finding some words to share about my girl TreYC - she took up such a big part of my heart- the words are many...
04/12/2026

Im finally finding some words to share about my girl TreYC - she took up such a big part of my heart- the words are many💚. I’m going to share over a few different posts in the next couple days… follow along if you can relate. I’ve never “found” a dog I tried so hard to get rid of.

I say found, but she literally jumped into the path of my truck one rainy November night.
I thought she was a puppy, but when I tried to pick her up- she was over 30 lbs and well outside of puppy hood.

Then, once we locked eyes, she grinned at me.

She was a mix of things I couldn’t quite put my finger on. Head smaller than her body.. eyes close together. It’s as if she was part cattle dog, raccoon, and hyena.

I made posters and put them within five miles of where I found her. I went to every vet in our county to see if she was chipped. Finally, I went door to door for days. But no one claimed her.

She must have sensed my initial hesitation in accepting her into our pack, because she immediately started pranking me, then grinning- as if she was fully entertaining herself at my expense.

She quickly proved that despite being the smallest, she was the boss of the house, the boss of me, and eventually, the boss of my heart. She even started collecting the other dog’s food bowls in her mouth to bring them to us, hours before dinner time.

There was something about the way she looked at me.
Like she knew things.

Floating into 25!! Years with this guy!!! 25 years of adventures- and mis-adventures- 25 years of snake removals, deer r...
04/01/2026

Floating into 25!! Years with this guy!!! 25 years of adventures- and mis-adventures- 25 years of snake removals, deer rescues, dog rescues… Baby chick rescues… and all the mountain top extractions of your crazy wife! .. and her friends💚🙌 25 years of going along with great ideas… (let’s take a road trip to Alaska! With our skittish pointer! ) And of course…. 25 years of love, friendship and always having my back💚 yes- it is exhausting sometimes✨✨💚

03/12/2026

My co/pilot- 30 lbs of trouble and unconditional love… well- she had a “few” conditions. The ultimate adventurer- when there was a call for a nc travel pup- I made treyC her own reel - so we hope you enjoy! - we lost a good one too soon. When I find the words, i’ll share more, but until then- she will always be sitting in the light in our hearts✨💚

Just a little reminder that - lets not forget the message of
02/28/2026

Just a little reminder that - lets not forget the message of

02/22/2026

Ive been trying to start a practice.. slowing down, paying attention to details, to breath… the last slide is really where I’m at .. - not quite mastered yet- but you gotta start somewhere!

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