Apr. 25, 2008 - Virginia is for Lovers!
I had the opportunity the other day to get some engagement portraits of Galen and Jessica, brother and almost-sister-in-law of a very good friend of mine.
They were HILLARIOUS! Both are dancers, and very theatrical, so they came with lots of fun ideas (cartwheels, anyone?) and plenty of smiles and laughs for the camera.
You guys are so cute together, I pray for God's blessing on your marriage and a maternity photo shoot sometime soon! 
The State Flower of Virginia is the Dogwood, and they are in full bloom right now. Galen and Jessie could be a Virginia is for Lovers ad.
I'm going to include the Legend of the Dogwood, just because I think about it often when the dogwoods are blooming in the woods, the smallest trees out there.
There Is A Legend
At the time of Crucifixion the dogwood had been the size of the oak and other forest trees. So firm and strong was the tree that it was chosen as the timber for the cross. To be used thus for such a cruel purpose greatly distressed the tree, and Jesus nailed upon it, sensed this.
In His gentle pity for all sorrow and suffering Jesus said to the tree:
" Because of your regret and pity for My suffering, never again shall the dogwood tree grow large enough to be used as a cross. Henceforth it shall be slender and bent and twisted and its blossoms shall be in the form of a cross--two long and two short petals. And in the center of the outer edge of each petal there will be nail prints, brown with rust and stained with red, and in the center of the flower will be a crown of thorns, and all who see it will remember."
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