Luke and Lauren’s wedding day arrived wrapped in a blanket of grey. I know how to work with storm clouds. But there is something magical about sunshine. So I prayed. The atmosphere indoors where the girls readied themselves was everything…
Would you like to come for a walk with me? Coming here wasn’t my idea, to tell you the truth. It was my mother’s suggestion and I was skeptical from the start. When I arrived the sun was beating down…
Oh, where do I start? At the beginning? The end? Midway? Alright, midway it is! I was home on lunch break when my phone suddenly started buzzing. The name “Donna” flooded the screen. Intrigued, I gulped down the bite I’d…
Her message was simple but I got the memo. Baby boy was premmie but had been world-side for eight weeks. If I were to somehow capture that newborn magic I had to do so quickly. Within a week of Karla’s…
“Follow the sweeping bend… and then another sweeping bend.. and then…” I asked for directions and though I was initially a little disbelieving, they were surprisingly accurate! There certainly were several ‘sweeping bends’! Does anyone else prefer directions to relying…
“Have you met the Jacksons?” sewing teacher Melinda asked me one day when I brought her a zipper I was having trouble with. “I’ve met Tim – he was friends with my brothers. Is that who you mean?” “Well, sort…
“I won’t be here tomorrow…” I looked up from my desk. Gwendil paused. “I am having a pregnancy check up.” “WHA-OH-MY-WORD, you’re having a baby?!!!” I squealed. Gwendil laughed and grinned in agreement. “Do you know what you’re having?” “No,…
There’s something about photographing families that gets me every time. There is the amusing way the older siblings both adore and feel exasperated by the younger ones, then the unfiltered, childish joy and emotion that the littlest ones express and…