sisters | gainesville children’s photography

a long time ago,

stood a tree.

and while the Civil War raged in Virginia,

the tree stood on.

and now,

many, many years later,

two little girls

swing nearby,

right next to that gorgeous tree,

which sits on their property,

right outside Manassas Battlefield National Park.

the little girls

make wishes

upon

the seeds that grew

from the plants

trampled underneath

the soldiers’ footsteps.

the girls close their eyes

and

say thank you,

to those men,

those families,

that went before.

the girls run

in fields once fought upon.

life.

it goes on.

history.

where have you stepped today?

xo

A