This space is my personal blog. I use it in a professional capacity to write and post photos for client photography work, as well, but my dream as early as 2006 when I was pregnant with my first child was…
Grateful December 31, 2024
Grateful — December 28, 2024
I’ve been radio silent on this blog for a while and every time I post I think this is the start of when I might start posting on a regular basis. The truth is, I write every day, sometimes on…
The Power of a Gratitude Practice
Over the past year or so, I have developed a fairly elaborate gratitude practice. My gratitude practice is slowly transforming my life. It has helped me curb my compulsive spending habits. Keeping a gratitude list has helped me transform my…
Twenty Years Ago Today Jared Asked Me to Marry Him
Twenty years ago today, my husband Jared asked me to marry him. I didn’t say yes when he asked me. I took the ring to show my boss, who was standing, watching what was happening. Jared had to remind me…
Random Facts about My Back
My back was not happy last week with the weights exercises, and it’s still not really happy, but I wrote most of this last week. The pain is worst at night. So, you get random facts/ memories about my back…
Fun at the Pool
I used to enjoy doing a lot of stuff I don’t do much anymore. The pool at the rec center closes its summer hours tomorrow, so Jared and I skipped Funny Girl at the Fox so we could take Oliver…
Hi from Denver!
Hi from new site hosting! I spent the past four days, while I am holed up in a hotel room in Denver, re-building my WordPress site. I converted back to self-hosted WordPress from Showit. Showit is phenomenal and I would…
Making Peace with the Past
Jared and I went to see Les Mis at the Fox in Atlanta last Saturday. It was twenty years, eight months, and nineteen days after our first date weekend to see Les Mis at the Fox. It was an emotion-laden…
My 40th Wedding
My 40th Wedding — I shot my 40th wedding on Sunday, seven years and six days after my first solo wedding. Prior to that first solo wedding, I had shadowed/ second shot precisely one wedding. And at that wedding, I…
Journals, Graduation, and Photography
Journals, Graduation, and Photography — I’ve been using Bear as my journal software for well over a year now (several years on and off, actually), but this weekend I picked up a hardbound paper journal to write in. I’ve noticed…
Porter is Graduating!
Porter is Graduating — We have a Senior! It is hard to believe in some ways that this little 4 lb 7 oz being that we brought home after 30 days in the University of Iowa Hospital NICU is almost…
