Today I turned 31. Little ones sang. Sweet friends called, sang, sent messages and the like. I got to tell my mom thank you for waiting 2 extra weeks for me to come out. My kids cried. And we watched Kung Fu Panda. Though nothing about this day was “ideal”, it was so beautiful and […]

Once upon a time, I entertained visions of Pinterest grandeur. This is my story of my epic Pinterest FAIL. You see, my sweet little man has been craving snow.  Begging for it.  Praying for it.  So I figured I would step in and be the hero.  Like you do when you’re trying to be supermom. […]

I’ll be back.  Pinky swear. I’m just in the midst of growing.  Of healing.  Of God rewriting so much of me.  Of learning how to be more present in all that I do and create. It’s beautiful.  I’m grateful.  It’s hard.  It’s worth it. But…this.  This is the biggest why I’m not here… These two. […]

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 […]