She was faced with a choice. Be crushed.  Or be crushed and take a step forward with a knowing hope that the crushing feeling would one day be a memory – not an all encompassing feeling. She chose the latter. And she has partnered with God to write such a beautiful story.  One of hope.  […]

“She even lost her wedding photos.” I read those words and I just knew…I had to do something.  I can’t give her back her wedding pictures.  But I can give her the gift of a session and document now.  This love that’s carried through losing everything.  And if we can find her a wedding dress […]

I squealed.  Audibly. Upon reading her email and hearing all the exciting news I knew nothing could keep me from coming back to Wheaton again to document their engagement. Because…well…they’re amazing.  Gracious.  And just plain awesome. It all started in high school.  When tutoring turned into ice cream dates which turned into long conversations which […]

Sometimes…life just hits.  Death and life and beauty and pain.  That has been the past few months. My cousin died of a heroin overdose. Ted had an emergency appendectomy. I felt like “me” again. I drove from Atlanta to Chicago and had grown up conversations. I sat with precious friends and snuggled up in a […]

You precious people.  You joined me in celebrating Ted and reading my secret and dancing with me.  And I plan on responding to each of you as soon as I have a spare moment for email.  It made it even sweeter that you were all in on it with me. I realize you might be […]

Today he would be three.  I cannot write words as eloquently as his mom, so I ask you to go read hers. Precious Gavin contracted pertussis just days before he would have been able to be vaccinated.  He, like so many other sweet little ones, was exposed to an adult carrying the virus who had […]

Hi there, love… You’re out there reading this – I know you are.  Because you promise that you read my blog.  And if it seems like you haven’t by the end of today, I will have made up some sort of excuse as to why I need you to proof it.  (If that happened, I […]

A few weeks ago I traded the role of photographer to become a client.  And I’m CRAZY GRATEFUL for that experience.  Not only do I now have pictures that mean the world to me (and pictures that I’m ACTUALLY IN with my kids) but I also learned a lot about what my clients (and anyone’s […]

Dear Sweet Heather,   6 years ago I held my precious baby girl in my arms and I cried.  I wanted every last moment of her life to be documented – and yet – we didn’t even have extra in our budget to go to Wal-Mart to have her picture taken.  (And I just personally […]

I just want you to know that I know. We should be celebrating.  There should be joy. And instead – you sit facing a reality you could never have imagined. I just want you to know that I know. I ache for you. And yet, in the deepest parts of me, I am beyond convinced […]