Two young girls meet on Mackinaw Island 20 years ago. One was from the country, one was from the city, they had two different backgrounds and two different reasons they were on the island. The one girl was me and I was there to work with horses for the summer and give tours of one of my most favorite places on earth. I love Mackinaw Island so much! The other girl was Veronica, she was there to get away for the summer through a school program. We were introduced to each other and were informed we were roommates. Well what started out as just roommates ended up being a life long friendship! We were placed together because I was a little older, she was younger and I guess they thought I might look out for her, which we looked out for each other. We had such a blast on the island all summer and did so much together, we became not just friends but sisters. Summer ended, I stayed on the island and she went back to school, I was already graduated from school. We always kept in touch. Lives got busy, our families grew but we always remained close and her kids know me as aunt and my kids know her as aunt. We are all family and I love them so much! Well here we are 20 years later and I am photographing her beautiful daughter, my niece, I love this girl so much and she is seriously gorgeous. I am so blessed they are in our lives and so blessed to be able to photograph the beautiful Serene.
