lane smith died after falling and hitting his head in july 2014 - just a few weeks before his girlfriend , sierra sharry , gave birth to their son , taos .
when taos turned six-months-old , sharry asked a local photographer , kayli henley , to make their family complete .
the photographer added an image of smith to one of their photos .
` this is how i picture us , ' sharry said . ` taos and i living our lives the best we can with lane always watching over our shoulder '
the image has been shared thousands of times online and henley has been inundated with similar requests from other people .