02/20/2026
One time a while back shortly after I was baptized about a year and a half ago. I was in the middle of sharing something (I can’t remember what now) during Bible study, and one of the girls stopped me and said “you have such an amazing gift for romanticizing life.” And that one sentence hit me so hard and is a moment I’ll probably remember for the rest of my life.
You see, depression is something I’ve battled with on and off pretty much my entire life. But it wasn’t until I was postpartum with my oldest that I fell into what would be my darkest hole yet. It lasted for a few years, and felt never ending. It became so heavy that I was begging and pleading to the God I didn’t know yet.
Randomly one day I felt a weird push to pick up the camera that was collecting dust on a closet shelf. One thing led to the next and I was calling myself a photographer and I couldn’t even explain how or why. Because up until that random day the thought of being a photographer had never not once crossed my mind. But eventually it was something I fell in love with doing, I started seeing life differently, more beautifully. It was when the girl in my Bible study group commented on this “gift” I never would’ve even considered I had that it hit me. I realized becoming a photographer was Gods’ way of pulling me out of that hole and showing me how beautiful life really is; giving me the opportunity to capture His creations and sharing that beauty with others.
So when you see me say “let me romanticize your life 🤪” I promise that’s not me being a corny photographer. It’s because I wholeheartedly love what I do and want to show others how beautiful their lives are too. Anywho, if you’ve read this far.. thanks for coming to my Taylor Talk ☺️