“Everything you live through helps to make you the person you are now.” ~ Unknown
For months I’ve wanted to photograph the women at the allergy clinic. I look forward to seeing Barbara McNeal (L) and Bobbi Jo Russell (R) every week. That’s saying something considering I loathe needles. UK started layoffs this week. I was struck by how much I would miss these women if they were gone. Every week they make me laugh. They genuinely care about me. Their warm hearts make me smile on even my worst days. UK, for all it’s shortfalls, is filled with people like Barbara and Bobbi Jo. My prayer is that these women stay put, and the bleeding of jobs stops before more good people like them are lost.

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[…] had ever mentioned me with my camera (Bobbi Jo Wilson Russell and Barbara Faulkner McNeal were feature in the first year of the outhouse). They had not. When I began to tell her about the outhouse she immediately stopped to ask, […]