Last night I sat pouring through images of 2 people whom I adore.  People with hearts so big and so kind that you struggle to find words when trying to describe them and you resort to phrases like “sooooo great…” and “I just love them” and you smile a lot hoping that will make up […]

Lately, I’ve had a hard time writing.  I think it’s due to a few factors. One: shame.  I have that negative ugly tape that plays over and over when I mess up.  It tells me that I’m not worthy.  It tells me that I’ll never get it together.  It tells me that I need to […]

Yesterday my kids crashed a birthday party. To their credit, they knew the kid…but still. As I was busy telling Ted about the hilarity and how it seemed so very normal to them, he then said, “Well, at least it’s not like they took the first piece of cake.” Cue hysterical laughter from me.  Why? […]

The truth?  I have a lot of days where it’s like I just showed up to the party  and I’m surrounded by people all wearing white.  But me?  I showed up in hot pink. AWKWARD. The ache rushed over me all morning sending me through a tizzy of questions.  Why don’t we seem to have […]

Why hello there… In just a few days, I’m headed to Wheaton, IL.  And I’ve got an opening for a mini-session while I’m there. Which means…an opportunity for a special little flash sale. First, the when and then the flashiness… Sunday afternoon/evening, April 7 Where:  Herrick Lake in Wheaton, IL The what: 25 minute session […]

Oh these two. I find it so very fitting that of all days they would celebrate their first anniversary – it would be on Easter.  The day when death was defeated.  The day when Jesus did the completely unfathomable and left a whole host of people in joyful tears.  The day when they woke with […]

Today I wrote a note to a precious friend who’s daughter was set to enter the world March 29…the same as my sweet little Hannah.  I share simply because I feel it best captures today for me. Today I wrapped my little girl up in my arms and grieved for you.  My heart ached as […]

A little over a year ago, our family of five moved across the country…to a house we’d never seen.  (like you do.) As we left Chicago, I wondered if we could ever find friends as wonderful as we had there. About two months later, I met Jessica.  And their entire incredible family. Though I love […]

  It’s the little things. Pancake batter. Tickle fights. Skateboards in the kitchen. Snuggles. These are the everyday moments that sometimes feel so mundane I trudge through them just to move onto the next thing.  But documenting these moments?  Really stopping to see them myself?  It changed me.  And made me realize that amidst it […]

When I look at my sweet friend, I’m blown away. By her love.  Her honesty.  Her patience.  Her KINDNESS. Today I got to spend some time with her and her precious family and though there’s more to come, I think these pictures more than any words I could find capture what I see when I […]