KEITH, ISABELLA, + KARMELLA | AN EVENING PHOTOGRAPHING LIFE ON THEIR FARM IN VERO BEACH, FLORIDA

Spending time with this beautiful family on their food forest farm was such a gift and I was so blessed by their hospitality and generosity. Their land is truly so special and they have cultivated it with their own hands with so much love, care, and passion. It was so sweet to see them and document them and their element, and see the magical childhood that Keith and Isabella are giving their daughter unfold. To say that Karmella is full of life would be an understatement!

The season that they are walking through is unimaginable, but spending this evening with them was such a wonderful reminder of an unshakable hope. There already were so many glimmers and glimpses of healing all around them: light in a dark world, flowers and fruit that grow in dry seasons, joy even in seasons of pain, wells of water in the wilderness, and broken chains at the weight of our Creator's marvelous glory. 

These moments reminded me of the incredible words of Isaiah 35 -
“The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; the desert shall rejoice and blossom like the crocus; it shall blossom abundantly and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, the majesty of Carmel and Sharon. They shall see the glory of the Lord, the majesty of our God. Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees. Say to those who have an anxious heart, “Be strong; fear not! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God. He will come and save you.” Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped; then shall the lame man leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute sing for joy. For waters break forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert; the burning sand shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water; in the haunt of jackals, where they lie down, the grass shall become reeds and rushes. And a highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Way of Holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it. It shall belong to those who walk on the way; even if they are fools, they shall not go astray. No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast come up on it; they shall not be found there, but the redeemed shall walk there. And the ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭35‬:‭1‬-‭10‬ ‭ESV‬‬

​Please keep this beautiful family in your prayers!