blessing

this is what the grand escalante staircase looks like on a day with rolling thunderstorms...epic! i had this vision in my head for some bridal pictures of my daughter and her wedding dress for awhile, and since we were going as a family to escalante on vacation, i thought it would be perfect! my daughter did not initially want to bring the dress for fear it would get dirty or ruined right before her wedding, but we finally decided to bring it with us just in case we wanted to take pictures. i brought a tarp and a white sheet to protect the bottom of the dress. it was a lot of work, but we are very glad we took pictures here because this place means a great deal to our family. however, once we returned home from vacation, we were devastated by the fact that our basement had flooded while we were gone. that's right, our entire basement flooded a week before the big wedding celebration. it took me a couple of days to get a grip on things when i realized something...had i left the dress at home it would have stayed hung in my closet with the entire dress and train resting all over my closet floor. my daughter's exquisite silk taffeta wedding dress would have been completely ruined a week before her wedding! who knew that the safest place for this dress would be on my daughter...standing on top of a red rocky cliff...overlooking the grand escalante staircase? a tender mercy and a blessing? we think so. you can see why this picture is a favorite for many reasons.

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