Our Friend Sabrina Simmons

elsie at 6 months
elsie at one year


elsie at two years


kit at 6 months, elsie at 3




As many of you know, for years we have treasured our friend and personal family photographer Sabrina Simmons. While we have known her for years as a friend, upon Elsie's birth, we contracted her to chronicle Elsie's first year at 3, 6, and 12 months and then her again at 2 and 3. When Kit came along, she came to honor her 6 and 12 month birthdays with family photos and we have used these around our house and in Christmas cards as treasured memories of special days and milestones. And they can be found on this blog here and here among other places.

Sabrina collaborated with us on these treasured pictures, planning locations and coaxing children, soothing infants and eliciting smiles. She delighted with us in great shots and was patient about getting new ones. Most of all, she loved our babies, our girls. She knew all about girls with her own Savannah and Mary, also two years and three months apart, now 9 and 11.

So, it is with such heartbroken sadness that we mourn Sabrina's loss. She died last Saturday at the age of 39 in a tragic car accident leaving her husband Jack, also a dear friend and colleague of mine, and those two young girls. While her obituary and this article celebrated Sabrina's talents and accomplishments, it is her kindness, her voice, laughter, wise counsel on the ways of girls, and calming presence that we also mark, mourn, and will forever miss.