Though I entered motherhood unexpectedly, during those 9 months of freaking out and wondering how on earth I could raise a kid without losing him or her, I reached a few conclusions. I would give myself fully to my kids.  The very best I could do.  100%.  They would eat their veggies.  They would be […]

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 […]

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 […]

  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 […]

Oh precious lady… You truly are my firework. Go ahead…let those colors burn. I love you to pieces and I’m beyond grateful for you.  And EVERY last one of these facial expressions.   This entire shoot?  Maybe 20 minutes.  All of these facial expressions and moments?  Completely and utterly normal for her…within a span of […]

This past weekend my little lady gave a presentation to her first grade class.  She wanted all of her friends to KNOW. Today…there are more than 27 million people slaves in our world.  She’s not okay with it. I’m not either. I’ll be writing about it more in the weeks to come, but for the […]

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 […]