By: Michelle Meyers Smeltzer - Savannah

Three summers ago, Lori created a beautiful beach portrait at Tybee that touched our families lives.  In this special portrait taken of us you see such a wonderful loving Mother and Father/Husband and Wife/Daughter and Son/Grandmother (MeMe) and Grandfather (Papa) .

Just last August, that same portrait that has brought so much joy to all of us was displayed at my Father’s funeral on August 12, 2007.  Dad’s death was a tragic loss which has devastated us but thanks to Lori we have an incredible portrait that reminds us daily of his special love for each of us.  The love, creativity and beauty captured by Lori in this portrait speaks for itself.  Upon Dad’s death, one of my first calls was to Lori who so kindly forwarded a gift size copy of our cherished portrait to be placed in his casket so that it would be sent to heaven with him.  I could not have ever asked for anything more special to me than the portrait of my Mom and Dad captured by Lori and the love that is shown. Thank you for Lori for allowing me to share how special this portrait is as words can’t even begin to describe how dear it is to me.

Thank You,
Michelle