My little ones are getting older. She doesn’t fit on my lap as well anymore.  He sometimes seems so grown-up I want to cry.  And the littlest has learned how to make the “st” sound and no longer says “FOP” when he means “STOP.” There is a beauty to this new season, but there is […]

Gather your people.  Your love.  And let’s come together to make some beautiful memories and capture your love and a part of your story. I’m opening up an afternoon of short story sessions on April 18th.  What’s a short story session?  It’s a chance to document your story in 25 minutes.  Because my heart for […]

I had given up.  It just seemed that my body loved the extra weight it was carrying and had decided that parting with it was lame and overrated. I had turned 32 and had survived carrying 3 children into the world so I figured maybe this is just what it is. A part of me […]

There is room at the table. I wasn’t sure of that anymore. I’ve spent the past three years trying to make friends. When we first moved, I felt like a trailblazer.  An adventurer. After the first month or so?  Good feelings gone.  Once you unpack the boxes, you actually have to live in that unfamiliar […]

Oh you beautiful people that still join me here.  Did you know that I love you?  I do.  Times infinity. In an effort to be organized (read: grow up and be a big girl) – I’m doing a big thing.  (For me)  I’m putting travel dates out there for the rest of the year.  I […]

Pea coats were donned.  Gloves were required.  Full blown snowsuits could have been a necessary addition. But no temperature warnings could keep us from celebrating.  Because these two have a love that requires a party.  They see the incredible gift they have in one another.  What started as a friendship has grown to a love […]

Sweet little one, in a perfect world, we’d be neighbors.  You’d be a regular addition to the noise and joy in our home.  Someone would be waiting to play peekaboo with you nearly every moment you could want.  And I would have weekly coffee dates with your mom and she’d teach me how to cook. […]

Hi, my name is Amy. I realize the introduction might seem silly, but it’s necessary.  Because somewhere along the line I stopped showing up here with my whole self.  I’ve been scared.  Scared because I didn’t have it all together.  (Translation: my life felt like broken pieces laid out on the floor.)  Scared of what […]

Their music was the soundtrack of my trip from Indianapolis to Chicago.  The harmonies, the intricate rhythms of the banjo – all of it captivated me.  There is this incredible complexity presented with such ease that you get lost in the beauty of what to the ear sounds so very effortless and gorgeous. These ladies […]

Let’s come together and create good.  And beauty.  And laughter. On Saturday, November 29 I’m opening up 4 short story (mini) sessions at Little Mulberry Park to make Christmas a little brighter for some families. These are 25 minute sessions in length and will include the digital media.  These session fees are going DIRECTLY to […]