This is an exciting project! How I wish I had time to take off to do it! There are a million reasons why I SHOULD but even two million reasons why I can’t right now. We have to choose our priorities and while I can’t choose this one this year, there’s no reason why I can’t encourage others to do it.

DAY IN THE LIFE ASHEVILLE PROJECT

I hope someone reads this and participates. Years ago I was part of the Day in The Life of Miami project with ASMP in Miami, Fl and it was an exciting few days (planning meetings and after work also) and I still have the film (yeah, guys, we used to use FILM!) I shot from that I think. I covered children for the day and the cross section of children in Miami. From the secure safe kids playing in the parks with their mommies and nannies to the handicapped and waiting for surgery kids at the Ronald McDonald center by Jackson Memorial Hospital.

But the most life changing kids that still to this day are in my heart and memories are the ones I met and photographed at the Miami Children’s Home.It was an emotional experience I will never forget as I was swarmed by dozens of kids of all ages begging me to touch them,hug them and take their picture. I was not allowed to take their faces so I had to create shots that did not show them, but still captured the emotion. The stories each child had that the volunteer told me kept ripping my heart out.

Afterwards I donated whatever I could to them to help out. I even went for a few meetings to get trained to work with them, but the emotional pull I felt from them was just too much and I decided to support them from the outside. I couldn’t get so personally involved with each child and hear their story.

Bottom line being, A Day in the Life of Asheville might be YOUR life changing, meaningful experience and if you can do it DO IT and make it part of your life.

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