February 15, 2025 • 24 mins
In this deeply personal and emotional Shower Sprinkle, I reflect on my recent conversation with photographer Jama Pantel and the profound impact of pictures on our lives. I share stories about about my grandmother, highlighting the importance of capturing memories, preserving legacies, and cherishing the moments we often take for granted. I emphasize the power of pictures to transport us back in time, evoking emotions, smells, and the very essence of cherished experiences. In this episode I ask you all to take more pictures, print them, and appreciate the lasting impact they have on ourselves and our loved ones.
I highly encourage you to go listent to the last epidsode with Jama!
You can sign up for her workshop and connect with Jama at:https://www.jamapantel.com/
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Music by: Jason and Ashley Scheufler
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Hey friends, welcome to theinner spark podcast.
I'm your host, Casey Tatum.
If you're looking to hearstories of transformation and
personal growth, this podcast isfor you.
My guest and I will be sharingthose sparking moments that has
changed them into living a morefulfilling, authentic life.
I'm so excited for you to heareach unique story.
(00:24):
So sit back, relax, and let'sget started.
Yeti Nano (2- Yeti Nano) (00:32):
Hey friend, welcome back to the
EnerSpark podcast.
I'm your host, Kasey Tayton.
Welcome to another ShowerSprinkle.
Today, my Shower Sprinkle isabout reflecting on my episode
from February 1st.
It was with an amazing, powerfulfriend, Jayma Pintel.
It was how photography andfamily fueled Jayma Pintel's
(00:55):
success.
If you haven't listened to thisepisode, I highly encourage you
to go listen to it.
Jayma is a person that trulyfuels me in so many ways, and
there were so many goodtakeaways from that, I tried to
make a recap.
I'm gonna be honest, this isjust me.
I tried to make a recap of allthe good takeaways, but just a
fast story of some of the thingsshe's been through.
(01:19):
I think you should go listenbecause in some way, I believe
that every person listening willrelate to a part of her life,
From being compassionate, tobeing judged, to living in a
place where she literally grewup with nothing.
I mean, I'm talking the basicsof like, no heat, no air
conditioning, things we oftentake for granted.
(01:41):
How the importance of a picture,which is truly what sparked J
Ma, And her business andphotography, there's other
amazing things she does.
she is, if you're in the politicworld, she is that.
She went through college, paidher way through college, worked
multiple jobs.
She has lost loved ones.
(02:04):
Sorry, this hits everybody.
If it doesn't hit you.
I don't even know what to say.
Jamea's parents both battledcancer at different times in her
life.
And if you know anything aboutbattling cancer, watching a
family member battle cancer.
Um, you know, I do parties forkids in the hospital that have
(02:25):
battled cancer.
And my own grandmother.
And Jamma talks about that, howshe supported them, loved them,
and just her whole entire storyabout who she is as a person,
how she overcame everything, howshe just dreamed and didn't let
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the world stop her.
Didn't let the judgment stopher, didn't let, oh, you don't
have this, you didn't grow up ina house like this.
You don't get to go to a bigcollege.
Um, you guys she's just such apowerful badass friend I highly
encourage you to go listen tothat truly believe Everybody has
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something to take away fromthat.
She is a small business owner aswell.
She's a former influencer Herstory just goes on.
It's incredible.
And excuse me, I'm sorry.
I want to tell you what I reallylearned from this.
Jayma's a photographer.
If you go back and look at mypictures, you'll see that, the
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picture of me in the snow, Ireached out to her in a panic
and was like, Hey friend, I needyour help.
I'm launching a podcast and Idon't even have a picture.
Like, how do I do that?
she talks about the connectionshe makes and I'm going to tell
you what, if I could really flyher here, I talked about that in
that podcast.
I would, she values connectionand her pictures so much and
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every picture she takes witheach person and how, when she
gets to see them, it's almostlike meeting a friend because
she connects with them deeply.
She looks through their closets.
She gets to know them.
She wants to know what lightsthem up.
We all go through differentphases and at that phase of
their life, what lights them up,what lights you up right now,
isn't going to light you up in10 years.
(04:18):
We also talked about how selfishit is to not get behind a
camera.
And to say that, oh, I don'twant my picture taken.
I don't need my picture taken.
But honestly, you guys, apicture leaves a legacy.
A picture that she had when shelost her grandma suddenly and
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laid her grandma to rest.
That picture meant the world toher and also sparked her to do
what she does now and be thebadass, caring, compassionate
photographer she is.
This hits home to me because Ialso lost my grandma from cancer
right as my trailer waslaunching.
(05:00):
I was so excited to launch mypodcast and 30 minutes before my
41st birthday that my podcastwas going to go out.
I lost my grandma.
And it was unexpected.
She had been battling cancer.
We thought she was on the otherside of it.
And she was my world, just likeJima lost her grandma so
(05:25):
unexpectedly.
And so what sparked her to keeptaking those pictures?
And these connections is one ofthe most powerful things I want
to talk about.
I also have a picture of mygrandma sitting in my living
room because my family is myworld and my grandma was my
(05:51):
world.
She was one of the biggestsupport people I have in my
life.
I recently, sorry, I recentlywent on a ski trip with my
boyfriend and I didn't release apodcast last week and I was
really hard on myself about it.
the reason why is I wanted torecap all the big things that
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Jayma talked about, but what Irealized is one of the biggest
takeaways I had from that istruly the power of a picture.
I took pictures on our trip andI was like, Oh, I'll just do a
podcast when I'm there.
And I didn't, I lived in themoment.
I got to slow down for theweekend.
(06:34):
I got to draw in the piece andjust all the feelings.
But the cool thing is my friendJayma just reminded me is.
You have those pictures.
And every time we look at apicture, go grab a picture of
your friend or someone you love,and it takes you back to that
(06:54):
moment.
I currently just looked at apicture of my trip.
And I was talking about juststanding outside in the trees
and how I could truly feel thatmoment going hiking, just being
out in nature, just what it doesfor me and how important it is
(07:15):
to really reconnect withyourself.
When I look at that picture, Ican almost feel, sorry, wow,
talking about my family and mygrandma, it gets me.
But this is why pictures are soimportant because I can take
myself back to that moment inColorado Where I was just having
(07:36):
such a fun time standing on atree stump Hiking in the mud and
just connecting I can smell ityou guys.
I remember the smell I rememberthe feelings.
I remember the laughter ofhiking through the mud and being
covered in it and It just istruly important.
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So when we say we don't want tobe behind a camera Really, we're
hurting our loved ones and ourfriends and ourselves because
you want to remember the goodtimes.
Also, it shows growth.
These pictures aren't only forourselves, but they're also for
somebody else.
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Just like her and I both lostsomeone unexpectedly.
We have these pictures.
Every time we look at them, ittakes us back to where we were
in all of the feelings.
Every time I look at mygrandma's, I could hear all the
words come through.
I often laugh.
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My grandma was always very wellput together.
Even when she had surgery, Ilaughed.
She was having an emergency.
I think it was her appendix.
And she was like, I need to domy hair and I need to put on
lipstick.
And I'm like, I worked in the O.
R.
I'm like, Grandma, no one cares.
No one cares what you look likein the O.
R.
We just need to get you thereand have this surgery.
Like, what, what is wrong?
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And she was just that person.
And I am so grateful that I amthe person that carries my phone
around and takes these pictures.
And it's taken so many familypictures because When I hold
that picture, I can hear hervoice, and I know that she is
always with me.
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I laugh, when I look at it, Ithink of the things she said, I
think of the the times Iirritated her, or said something
inappropriate, and I can hearher.
She actually would, when shewould get frustrated with me,
she would say, Casey Ann! Notvery many people use my middle
name, but my grandma did.
Casey Ann.
Take a breath.
I can just hear her saying that.
I can see the look on her facewhen she would say that.
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The power of a picture is soimportant, you guys.
I can often smell her.
She always wears perfume and itwas, she's just a beautiful
woman.
If I didn't have these picturesto remember her, yes, the memory
is always in our head, but eachpicture I have of her doing all
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these beautiful things, seeinghow well put together she was,
how she always cared about herappearance, how she'd always put
on that lipstick and give us akiss.
And I'd be like, Oh, grandmajust left lipstick on my face.
on my cheek.
Always.
She always did that.
And I was like, Oh, and now I'mthinking, God, what would I do
to have a lipstick imprint on mycheek?
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She always got her hair done,had her nails done, and she was
a lady of pride.
She was a lady of just strengthand confidence, and she held our
family together.
She valued our family.
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So much.
She valued our trips to thelake, we take a trip every year
to Table Rock Lake, and it'struly my happy place.
She water skied on her 80thbirthday.
We celebrated her birthday.
It always usually fell when wewere at Table Rock Lake on the
family trip.
And there's usually like 30, 30some of us, our families grown.
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And that was a trip I lookedforward to every year.
By looking at her picture, I getto remember all of these
powerful things.
She was also someone who took meto a lot of my appointments as I
was sick.
She, sorry, when someone meansso much to you, I don't know
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that I talk about her, butanybody that met her knows what
a truly powerful, Woman, shewas, she always told me it was
going to be okay.
She always told me I was goingto be okay.
I was going to beat my battle.
Just like she beat her battle ofcancer.
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She got cancer in her eightiesand she was by my side through
so much of my journey, she wasby my side when I was young,
she, you know, they were thegrandparents that showed up to
my events.
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Her and my grandpa took me.
So many, so many of myappointments because my parents
were working and, you know, mymom wanted to be there, but she
also had a job that she neededto be at.
My grandma could tell my momthat it's okay.
We'll be by her side.
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You go to work and we'll be byher side.
I also had a crock that wasstolen off my porch that my
grandmother had given me.
And I was heartbroken by that.
Someone stole it.
And the reason it was soimportant is because my
grandparents.
Collect antique glass ordepression glass I got to learn
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about glass something I at onetime took for granted like Okay,
this is cool glass now things Itreasure She collected crocs.
One day she surprised me inputting a croc on my porch and
her and my grandfather filled itfull of flowers because I had
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joked about how she always hadher house so perfect and You
Just always wanted us to liveshe lived when we would do
holidays she Would want us toeat off her glass and I was
like, oh my goodness can we eatoff paper plates, please and it
was kind of a joke in our familywith me and my cousins like We
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don't want to if we scratch thisdon't scratch the glass.
Don't break anything.
But she didn't care She livedshe wanted to use that glass
because it was important to herand when I interviewed jayma I
realized how important it is totake pictures and actually print
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them off.
We take hundreds of pictures aday and how many do we print?
When was the last time youprinted pictures?
I actually printed pictures thisyear and I give them to my great
aunt, great uncle, some of myfamily, and I hang them around
my house because when you seethese pictures, they take you
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back to the moments.
They take you back to thememories, the stories, the
legacy she left behind.
She impacted so many people, noteven just me.
She welcomed everybody into ourhouse.
We would take friends onvacation and we would play
dominoes and I'm gonna tell youwhat you guys We have I had
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friends that still joke aboutlike my grandma did not show any
mercy to any of us She didn'tlet you win just because you
wanted to win.
She was gonna win I joke aboutshe also said shit and I
remember the first time I heardher say it She didn't say it
very often when she did You youstopped like, Oh, grandma just
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said shit.
I remember the first time one ofthe great grandkids said shit
and we laughed and we all lookedat my grandma, like wonder where
they learned that word from.
It's just the little things thatyou remember in a picture and
the value of a picture and thelegacy and the feelings that it
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brings back when I get to holdthese pictures and see them and.
Actually feel and it's almostyou can smell and remember some
of the things they said Iremember the things we did in
these pictures And I think wetake pictures for granted so
much or we want them to beperfect Right.
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Everybody wants the perfectpicture, but the truth is life
isn't perfect Things happen.
We don't always look the bestwhen people are trying to take
pictures of us But I am sograteful that I take so many
pictures that remind me ofeverything I've been through.
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Remind me of my grandparents.
Remind me of my loved ones.
And I get to hold that legacystill.
I get to look at them and seehow powerful these people and
the impact they left on me.
I never truly realized How muchit would touch my heart to see
pictures and hold pictures ofdifferent things I've done in my
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life, different events I've beento.
As I flipped through thepictures of my trip last
weekend, I didn't post thepodcast last week, but I
remembered one thing.
When we slow down, when we're atpeace with ourselves, And we
just snap a few pictures, we cango right back to that moment.
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We can feel all the feelings.
We can see the love, thehappiness in that moment.
I want to thank my friend Jaymafor really just doing what she
does, being a badassphotographer, and encouraging us
to keep taking pictures.
Even when you don't feel liketaking a picture, take the
picture.
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Because the pictures will meansomething later, the pictures
will bring you so much joy.
And they may bring you tears,like this episode is bringing me
tears because it's real life.
I am forever grateful, thefamily pictures that we took,
where we were all together andwe're like, Oh my goodness, such
a hassle to get everybody in apicture, to move these things
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around.
But I remember the joy in thosepictures.
And I remember, and I stillknow, how family meant so much
to my grandmother.
I just want to encourage you allto start taking those pictures.
And go develop those pictures.
Because, hard drives crash, yourphone crashes, things won't
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always be there.
Go develop the picture.
Put things in your life that youlove.
Pictures are so powerful tobring us back to places and
memories that made us happy andbring us joy.
Sorry, wow, this is emotionalbecause I do talk about my
grandmother, and I talk abouttrips and I talk about things we
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do, but what really brings usback is sometimes the memories
fade, but a picture when you'reholding it in your hand, those
memories, they just come back toyou.
And they will come back to yourloved ones.
I want to leave you withsomething today is start taking
those pictures, but not onlytake the pictures, develop them
so you can see them and rememberand feel.
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So you have them forever.
We never know what's going tohappen in a blink of an eye.
I never thought I would lose mygrandmother right then.
We had plans of going onvacation the next month.
She actually had her toenailsdone, or her nails done, the day
before.
Without buying us birthday cardsbecause we were going to
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celebrate our birthdaystogether.
That's just what our familydoes.
And I am forever grateful thatwe took pictures.
And I can hold my grandmother,even though I know she's with
me, I get to see, live, andfeel, and smell, and wish that I
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had those lipstick and prints onmy face that I once was like,
Oh, Grandma, she just put onlipstick, she's gonna kiss me
again.
I'm so grateful for those days.
So please, go take a picture,develop it, and hang it
somewhere, so you can rememberthese things, and these joyful
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moments, And you don't have totake tons of pictures, guys.
Just take a couple pictures toremember.
I took a couple pictures on thetrip that I was at, and as I
scrolled through, I was like,Oh, this was so fun.
I faced my fears.
I was on top of a mountain,skiing.
And I'll tell you about thatjourney, because it was truly an
(20:19):
experience.
It changed my view on skiing.
I'm a water girl.
I didn't think I liked themountains.
And I will make a whole episodeon this.
I want to remind you that takinga few pictures wherever you go
and with your loved ones Trulyleave the biggest imprints and
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allow you to feel the feelingsWhen you do them, when you take
them, when you see them, whenyou get to hold the pictures And
then when you get to talk aboutthe legacy someone left in your
life and the imprint that peopleleave in your life if you
haven't listened to thatepisode, I highly encourage you
to go listen to my amazingfriend, Jayma, who is a
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photographer and reminded me thevalue of a picture.
That's what sparked her to dowhat she's doing now.
I want to thank you all for justletting me spread the joy of
what my grandmother brought tomy life, how impactful she is,
what family meant to her.
And how I get to hold on to herlegacy forever how I get to
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remember the little things shedid and when she said KCN I knew
that I was doing something wrongand I knew that I needed to
refocus and calm down becauseThose words didn't come out of
her mouth unless I was doingsomething that she was like KCN
And I did stop when she saidthat my good friend Jayma is
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offering an event on Saturday,February 15th.
I encourage you all to go signup for it and go follow her
page.
Go listen to her last episode.
It's all about taking pictures,finding the confidence.
Being able to take goodpictures, the importance of
being behind a camera and thatthe pictures don't always have
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to be perfect and it's reallyabout confidence.
We often just get caught up andthe picture has to be perfect
and my friend is going to walkus through that.
But more importantly, the value,the importance of a picture.
I will drop the episode again.
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Please go listen.
I ask whatever you do today,please go take a picture, get it
developed, and remember thepicture isn't just for you.
It truly leaves your family,your friends, and everyone else
with a great memory.
I hope you all enjoyed thisepisode of Shower Sprinkles.
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I thank you for letting me bevulnerable.
I hope that you go pick up apicture and go take a picture
today.
If you have a picture thatreminds you of something
special, reach out to me.
I would love to hear that story.
I would love to know why thatpicture is important to you.
Thank you for listening to thisepisode.
I will leave Jayma's event inthe show notes, and I encourage
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you to go listen to her lastepisode that her and I did
together.
Why the picture she took and hadsparked her, and why it sparks
what she does now as aphotographer.
As always, thank you forlistening to another episode,
and let those sparks fly.
Thank you for tuning in toanother episode.
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I hope today's story inspiredyou to embrace your own journey
of growth and change.
Remember, transformation isn'talways easy, but it's always
worth it.
If you enjoyed this episode, besure to subscribe, share it with
a friend, and leave a review.
If you found something thatsparked you in this episode and
may spark a friend, I encourageyou to go share it with them.
(23:53):
If you have your own story youwould like to share, I would
love to hear it, so please reachout to me.
Until next time, friends.
Go have some fun, and let thosesparks fly.
Hey friends, welcome to theinner spark podcast.
I'm your host, Casey Tatum.
If you're looking to hearstories of transformation and
personal growth, this podcast isfor you.
My guest and I will be sharingthose sparking moments that has
changed them into living a morefulfilling, authentic life.
I'm so excited for you to heareach unique story.
(00:24):
So sit back, relax, and let'sget started.
Yeti Nano (2- Yeti Nano) (00:32):
Hey friend, welcome back to the
EnerSpark podcast.
I'm your host, Kasey Tayton.
Welcome to another ShowerSprinkle.
Today, my Shower Sprinkle isabout reflecting on my episode
from February 1st.
It was with an amazing, powerfulfriend, Jayma Pintel.
It was how photography andfamily fueled Jayma Pintel's
(00:55):
success.
If you haven't listened to thisepisode, I highly encourage you
to go listen to it.
Jayma is a person that trulyfuels me in so many ways, and
there were so many goodtakeaways from that, I tried to
make a recap.
I'm gonna be honest, this isjust me.
I tried to make a recap of allthe good takeaways, but just a
fast story of some of the thingsshe's been through.
(01:19):
I think you should go listenbecause in some way, I believe
that every person listening willrelate to a part of her life,
From being compassionate, tobeing judged, to living in a
place where she literally grewup with nothing.
I mean, I'm talking the basicsof like, no heat, no air
conditioning, things we oftentake for granted.
(01:41):
How the importance of a picture,which is truly what sparked J
Ma, And her business andphotography, there's other
amazing things she does.
she is, if you're in the politicworld, she is that.
She went through college, paidher way through college, worked
multiple jobs.
She has lost loved ones.
(02:04):
Sorry, this hits everybody.
If it doesn't hit you.
I don't even know what to say.
Jamea's parents both battledcancer at different times in her
life.
And if you know anything aboutbattling cancer, watching a
family member battle cancer.
Um, you know, I do parties forkids in the hospital that have
(02:25):
battled cancer.
And my own grandmother.
And Jamma talks about that, howshe supported them, loved them,
and just her whole entire storyabout who she is as a person,
how she overcame everything, howshe just dreamed and didn't let
(02:51):
the world stop her.
Didn't let the judgment stopher, didn't let, oh, you don't
have this, you didn't grow up ina house like this.
You don't get to go to a bigcollege.
Um, you guys she's just such apowerful badass friend I highly
encourage you to go listen tothat truly believe Everybody has
(03:13):
something to take away fromthat.
She is a small business owner aswell.
She's a former influencer Herstory just goes on.
It's incredible.
And excuse me, I'm sorry.
I want to tell you what I reallylearned from this.
Jayma's a photographer.
If you go back and look at mypictures, you'll see that, the
(03:33):
picture of me in the snow, Ireached out to her in a panic
and was like, Hey friend, I needyour help.
I'm launching a podcast and Idon't even have a picture.
Like, how do I do that?
she talks about the connectionshe makes and I'm going to tell
you what, if I could really flyher here, I talked about that in
that podcast.
I would, she values connectionand her pictures so much and
(03:56):
every picture she takes witheach person and how, when she
gets to see them, it's almostlike meeting a friend because
she connects with them deeply.
She looks through their closets.
She gets to know them.
She wants to know what lightsthem up.
We all go through differentphases and at that phase of
their life, what lights them up,what lights you up right now,
isn't going to light you up in10 years.
(04:18):
We also talked about how selfishit is to not get behind a
camera.
And to say that, oh, I don'twant my picture taken.
I don't need my picture taken.
But honestly, you guys, apicture leaves a legacy.
A picture that she had when shelost her grandma suddenly and
(04:40):
laid her grandma to rest.
That picture meant the world toher and also sparked her to do
what she does now and be thebadass, caring, compassionate
photographer she is.
This hits home to me because Ialso lost my grandma from cancer
right as my trailer waslaunching.
(05:00):
I was so excited to launch mypodcast and 30 minutes before my
41st birthday that my podcastwas going to go out.
I lost my grandma.
And it was unexpected.
She had been battling cancer.
We thought she was on the otherside of it.
And she was my world, just likeJima lost her grandma so
(05:25):
unexpectedly.
And so what sparked her to keeptaking those pictures?
And these connections is one ofthe most powerful things I want
to talk about.
I also have a picture of mygrandma sitting in my living
room because my family is myworld and my grandma was my
(05:51):
world.
She was one of the biggestsupport people I have in my
life.
I recently, sorry, I recentlywent on a ski trip with my
boyfriend and I didn't release apodcast last week and I was
really hard on myself about it.
the reason why is I wanted torecap all the big things that
(06:11):
Jayma talked about, but what Irealized is one of the biggest
takeaways I had from that istruly the power of a picture.
I took pictures on our trip andI was like, Oh, I'll just do a
podcast when I'm there.
And I didn't, I lived in themoment.
I got to slow down for theweekend.
(06:34):
I got to draw in the piece andjust all the feelings.
But the cool thing is my friendJayma just reminded me is.
You have those pictures.
And every time we look at apicture, go grab a picture of
your friend or someone you love,and it takes you back to that
(06:54):
moment.
I currently just looked at apicture of my trip.
And I was talking about juststanding outside in the trees
and how I could truly feel thatmoment going hiking, just being
out in nature, just what it doesfor me and how important it is
(07:15):
to really reconnect withyourself.
When I look at that picture, Ican almost feel, sorry, wow,
talking about my family and mygrandma, it gets me.
But this is why pictures are soimportant because I can take
myself back to that moment inColorado Where I was just having
(07:36):
such a fun time standing on atree stump Hiking in the mud and
just connecting I can smell ityou guys.
I remember the smell I rememberthe feelings.
I remember the laughter ofhiking through the mud and being
covered in it and It just istruly important.
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So when we say we don't want tobe behind a camera Really, we're
hurting our loved ones and ourfriends and ourselves because
you want to remember the goodtimes.
Also, it shows growth.
These pictures aren't only forourselves, but they're also for
somebody else.
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Just like her and I both lostsomeone unexpectedly.
We have these pictures.
Every time we look at them, ittakes us back to where we were
in all of the feelings.
Every time I look at mygrandma's, I could hear all the
words come through.
I often laugh.
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My grandma was always very wellput together.
Even when she had surgery, Ilaughed.
She was having an emergency.
I think it was her appendix.
And she was like, I need to domy hair and I need to put on
lipstick.
And I'm like, I worked in the O.
R.
I'm like, Grandma, no one cares.
No one cares what you look likein the O.
R.
We just need to get you thereand have this surgery.
Like, what, what is wrong?
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And she was just that person.
And I am so grateful that I amthe person that carries my phone
around and takes these pictures.
And it's taken so many familypictures because When I hold
that picture, I can hear hervoice, and I know that she is
always with me.
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I laugh, when I look at it, Ithink of the things she said, I
think of the the times Iirritated her, or said something
inappropriate, and I can hearher.
She actually would, when shewould get frustrated with me,
she would say, Casey Ann! Notvery many people use my middle
name, but my grandma did.
Casey Ann.
Take a breath.
I can just hear her saying that.
I can see the look on her facewhen she would say that.
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The power of a picture is soimportant, you guys.
I can often smell her.
She always wears perfume and itwas, she's just a beautiful
woman.
If I didn't have these picturesto remember her, yes, the memory
is always in our head, but eachpicture I have of her doing all
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these beautiful things, seeinghow well put together she was,
how she always cared about herappearance, how she'd always put
on that lipstick and give us akiss.
And I'd be like, Oh, grandmajust left lipstick on my face.
on my cheek.
Always.
She always did that.
And I was like, Oh, and now I'mthinking, God, what would I do
to have a lipstick imprint on mycheek?
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She always got her hair done,had her nails done, and she was
a lady of pride.
She was a lady of just strengthand confidence, and she held our
family together.
She valued our family.
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So much.
She valued our trips to thelake, we take a trip every year
to Table Rock Lake, and it'struly my happy place.
She water skied on her 80thbirthday.
We celebrated her birthday.
It always usually fell when wewere at Table Rock Lake on the
family trip.
And there's usually like 30, 30some of us, our families grown.
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And that was a trip I lookedforward to every year.
By looking at her picture, I getto remember all of these
powerful things.
She was also someone who took meto a lot of my appointments as I
was sick.
She, sorry, when someone meansso much to you, I don't know
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that I talk about her, butanybody that met her knows what
a truly powerful, Woman, shewas, she always told me it was
going to be okay.
She always told me I was goingto be okay.
I was going to beat my battle.
Just like she beat her battle ofcancer.
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She got cancer in her eightiesand she was by my side through
so much of my journey, she wasby my side when I was young,
she, you know, they were thegrandparents that showed up to
my events.
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Her and my grandpa took me.
So many, so many of myappointments because my parents
were working and, you know, mymom wanted to be there, but she
also had a job that she neededto be at.
My grandma could tell my momthat it's okay.
We'll be by her side.
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You go to work and we'll be byher side.
I also had a crock that wasstolen off my porch that my
grandmother had given me.
And I was heartbroken by that.
Someone stole it.
And the reason it was soimportant is because my
grandparents.
Collect antique glass ordepression glass I got to learn
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about glass something I at onetime took for granted like Okay,
this is cool glass now things Itreasure She collected crocs.
One day she surprised me inputting a croc on my porch and
her and my grandfather filled itfull of flowers because I had
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joked about how she always hadher house so perfect and You
Just always wanted us to liveshe lived when we would do
holidays she Would want us toeat off her glass and I was
like, oh my goodness can we eatoff paper plates, please and it
was kind of a joke in our familywith me and my cousins like We
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don't want to if we scratch thisdon't scratch the glass.
Don't break anything.
But she didn't care She livedshe wanted to use that glass
because it was important to herand when I interviewed jayma I
realized how important it is totake pictures and actually print
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them off.
We take hundreds of pictures aday and how many do we print?
When was the last time youprinted pictures?
I actually printed pictures thisyear and I give them to my great
aunt, great uncle, some of myfamily, and I hang them around
my house because when you seethese pictures, they take you
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back to the moments.
They take you back to thememories, the stories, the
legacy she left behind.
She impacted so many people, noteven just me.
She welcomed everybody into ourhouse.
We would take friends onvacation and we would play
dominoes and I'm gonna tell youwhat you guys We have I had
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friends that still joke aboutlike my grandma did not show any
mercy to any of us She didn'tlet you win just because you
wanted to win.
She was gonna win I joke aboutshe also said shit and I
remember the first time I heardher say it She didn't say it
very often when she did You youstopped like, Oh, grandma just
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said shit.
I remember the first time one ofthe great grandkids said shit
and we laughed and we all lookedat my grandma, like wonder where
they learned that word from.
It's just the little things thatyou remember in a picture and
the value of a picture and thelegacy and the feelings that it
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brings back when I get to holdthese pictures and see them and.
Actually feel and it's almostyou can smell and remember some
of the things they said Iremember the things we did in
these pictures And I think wetake pictures for granted so
much or we want them to beperfect Right.
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Everybody wants the perfectpicture, but the truth is life
isn't perfect Things happen.
We don't always look the bestwhen people are trying to take
pictures of us But I am sograteful that I take so many
pictures that remind me ofeverything I've been through.
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Remind me of my grandparents.
Remind me of my loved ones.
And I get to hold that legacystill.
I get to look at them and seehow powerful these people and
the impact they left on me.
I never truly realized How muchit would touch my heart to see
pictures and hold pictures ofdifferent things I've done in my
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life, different events I've beento.
As I flipped through thepictures of my trip last
weekend, I didn't post thepodcast last week, but I
remembered one thing.
When we slow down, when we're atpeace with ourselves, And we
just snap a few pictures, we cango right back to that moment.
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We can feel all the feelings.
We can see the love, thehappiness in that moment.
I want to thank my friend Jaymafor really just doing what she
does, being a badassphotographer, and encouraging us
to keep taking pictures.
Even when you don't feel liketaking a picture, take the
picture.
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Because the pictures will meansomething later, the pictures
will bring you so much joy.
And they may bring you tears,like this episode is bringing me
tears because it's real life.
I am forever grateful, thefamily pictures that we took,
where we were all together andwe're like, Oh my goodness, such
a hassle to get everybody in apicture, to move these things
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around.
But I remember the joy in thosepictures.
And I remember, and I stillknow, how family meant so much
to my grandmother.
I just want to encourage you allto start taking those pictures.
And go develop those pictures.
Because, hard drives crash, yourphone crashes, things won't
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always be there.
Go develop the picture.
Put things in your life that youlove.
Pictures are so powerful tobring us back to places and
memories that made us happy andbring us joy.
Sorry, wow, this is emotionalbecause I do talk about my
grandmother, and I talk abouttrips and I talk about things we
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do, but what really brings usback is sometimes the memories
fade, but a picture when you'reholding it in your hand, those
memories, they just come back toyou.
And they will come back to yourloved ones.
I want to leave you withsomething today is start taking
those pictures, but not onlytake the pictures, develop them
so you can see them and rememberand feel.
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So you have them forever.
We never know what's going tohappen in a blink of an eye.
I never thought I would lose mygrandmother right then.
We had plans of going onvacation the next month.
She actually had her toenailsdone, or her nails done, the day
before.
Without buying us birthday cardsbecause we were going to
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celebrate our birthdaystogether.
That's just what our familydoes.
And I am forever grateful thatwe took pictures.
And I can hold my grandmother,even though I know she's with
me, I get to see, live, andfeel, and smell, and wish that I
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had those lipstick and prints onmy face that I once was like,
Oh, Grandma, she just put onlipstick, she's gonna kiss me
again.
I'm so grateful for those days.
So please, go take a picture,develop it, and hang it
somewhere, so you can rememberthese things, and these joyful
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moments, And you don't have totake tons of pictures, guys.
Just take a couple pictures toremember.
I took a couple pictures on thetrip that I was at, and as I
scrolled through, I was like,Oh, this was so fun.
I faced my fears.
I was on top of a mountain,skiing.
And I'll tell you about thatjourney, because it was truly an
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experience.
It changed my view on skiing.
I'm a water girl.
I didn't think I liked themountains.
And I will make a whole episodeon this.
I want to remind you that takinga few pictures wherever you go
and with your loved ones Trulyleave the biggest imprints and
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allow you to feel the feelingsWhen you do them, when you take
them, when you see them, whenyou get to hold the pictures And
then when you get to talk aboutthe legacy someone left in your
life and the imprint that peopleleave in your life if you
haven't listened to thatepisode, I highly encourage you
to go listen to my amazingfriend, Jayma, who is a
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photographer and reminded me thevalue of a picture.
That's what sparked her to dowhat she's doing now.
I want to thank you all for justletting me spread the joy of
what my grandmother brought tomy life, how impactful she is,
what family meant to her.
And how I get to hold on to herlegacy forever how I get to
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remember the little things shedid and when she said KCN I knew
that I was doing something wrongand I knew that I needed to
refocus and calm down becauseThose words didn't come out of
her mouth unless I was doingsomething that she was like KCN
And I did stop when she saidthat my good friend Jayma is
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offering an event on Saturday,February 15th.
I encourage you all to go signup for it and go follow her
page.
Go listen to her last episode.
It's all about taking pictures,finding the confidence.
Being able to take goodpictures, the importance of
being behind a camera and thatthe pictures don't always have
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to be perfect and it's reallyabout confidence.
We often just get caught up andthe picture has to be perfect
and my friend is going to walkus through that.
But more importantly, the value,the importance of a picture.
I will drop the episode again.
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Please go listen.
I ask whatever you do today,please go take a picture, get it
developed, and remember thepicture isn't just for you.
It truly leaves your family,your friends, and everyone else
with a great memory.
I hope you all enjoyed thisepisode of Shower Sprinkles.
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I thank you for letting me bevulnerable.
I hope that you go pick up apicture and go take a picture
today.
If you have a picture thatreminds you of something
special, reach out to me.
I would love to hear that story.
I would love to know why thatpicture is important to you.
Thank you for listening to thisepisode.
I will leave Jayma's event inthe show notes, and I encourage
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you to go listen to her lastepisode that her and I did
together.
Why the picture she took and hadsparked her, and why it sparks
what she does now as aphotographer.
As always, thank you forlistening to another episode,
and let those sparks fly.
Thank you for tuning in toanother episode.
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I hope today's story inspiredyou to embrace your own journey
of growth and change.
Remember, transformation isn'talways easy, but it's always
worth it.
If you enjoyed this episode, besure to subscribe, share it with
a friend, and leave a review.
If you found something thatsparked you in this episode and
may spark a friend, I encourageyou to go share it with them.
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If you have your own story youwould like to share, I would
love to hear it, so please reachout to me.
Until next time, friends.
Go have some fun, and let thosesparks fly.
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