diff --git a/assets/css/custom.css b/assets/css/custom.css
index b6bee88..d6071ec 100644
--- a/assets/css/custom.css
+++ b/assets/css/custom.css
@@ -44,3 +44,11 @@ section {
     background-color: #4338CA;
     border-color: #4338CA;
 }
+
+.rounded-circle {
+    border: 3px solid #4F46E5;
+}
+
+#about .lead {
+    padding-top: 20px;
+}
diff --git a/assets/pasted-20251218-155926-3e104bc6.jpg b/assets/pasted-20251218-155926-3e104bc6.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8803bd3
Binary files /dev/null and b/assets/pasted-20251218-155926-3e104bc6.jpg differ
diff --git a/blog.php b/blog.php
index 3f292c0..f45a877 100644
--- a/blog.php
+++ b/blog.php
@@ -54,7 +54,13 @@ $posts = $stmt->fetchAll();
                         <div class="card-body">
                             <h2 class="card-title"><?php echo htmlspecialchars($post['title']); ?></h2>
                             <p class="card-text"><small class="text-muted">Posted on <?php echo date('F j, Y', strtotime($post['created_at'])); ?></small></p>
-                            <p class="card-text"><?php echo nl2br(htmlspecialchars(substr($post['content'], 0, 200))); ?>...</p>
+                                                        <p class="card-text"><?php 
+                                if (!empty($post['excerpt'])) {
+                                    echo nl2br(htmlspecialchars($post['excerpt']));
+                                } else {
+                                    echo nl2br(htmlspecialchars(substr($post['content'], 0, 200))) . '...';
+                                }
+                            ?></p>
                             <a href="post.php?id=<?php echo $post['id']; ?>" class="btn btn-primary">Read More</a>
                         </div>
                     </div>
diff --git a/contact.php b/contact.php
index a7c002c..f8f7dfe 100644
--- a/contact.php
+++ b/contact.php
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") {
         exit;
     }
 
-    // The $to address should be configured in your .env file as MAIL_TO
-    $res = MailService::sendContactMessage($name, $email, $message);
+    $res = MailService::sendContactMessage($name, $email, $message, 'sgoodwin@northwoodmortgage.com');
 
     if (!empty($res['success'])) {
         $_SESSION['success'] = "Thank you for your message! I will get back to you shortly.";
diff --git a/db/migrations/002_add_excerpt_to_posts.sql b/db/migrations/002_add_excerpt_to_posts.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ecd9462
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrations/002_add_excerpt_to_posts.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ALTER TABLE posts ADD COLUMN excerpt TEXT;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 395eeaa..4c2144b 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -72,7 +72,14 @@
     <section id="about" class="bg-white">
         <div class="container">
             <h2 class="text-center mb-4">About Me</h2>
-            <p class="lead">I am a licensed mortgage agent in Ontario, I specialize in hard to place mortgages, refinancing and reverse mortgages, if you have any questions or your mortgage is coming up for renewal, contact me today</p>
+            <div class="row">
+                <div class="col-md-4 text-center">
+                    <img src="assets/pasted-20251218-155926-3e104bc6.jpg" alt="A photo of the mortgage agent" class="img-fluid rounded-circle mb-3">
+                </div>
+                <div class="col-md-8">
+                    <p class="lead">I am a licensed mortgage agent in Ontario, I specialize in hard to place mortgages, refinancing and reverse mortgages, if you have any questions or your mortgage is coming up for renewal, contact me today</p>
+                </div>
+            </div>
         </div>
     </section>
 
@@ -82,7 +89,7 @@
             <div class="col-md-6 mb-4">
                 <div class="card">
                     <div class="card-body">
-                        <h5 class="card-title">Blog Post Title</h5>
+                        <h5 class="card-title">Mortgage News</h5>
                         <p class="card-text">A short excerpt of the blog post will appear here.</p>
                     </div>
                 </div>