A Black Friday Tradition

For most people the Friday after Thanksgiving is a day marked by frantic shopping but for Eileen Hoffman and her family it's a different tradition. Ever since I photographed her son Michael about ten years ago I have gone to her house to photograph the family all gathered for the holiday. It's something I look forward to every year, in fact when I get my new calendar I always go to the Friday after Thanksgiving and mark the morning off for Eileen. Its almost like being an extended member of the family as I've watched the kids grow from crying infants who had to be held by an older sibling or cousin to young men and women. The only person I don't think has aged at all is her mother. She seems to have found a way to stop the clock.