Confession: I haven’t actually touched my wedding dress since the day that I got married!  It’s in a box somewhere in our basement in the exact filthy state it was when I took it off nearly thirteen years ago!  And to think that I was so careful the entire time I was wearing it!! I […]

Communities are funny things.  We tend to connect with people around us as our vulnerability grows and our common interests flourish. Admittedly, we didn’t really know a lot of people in our neighborhood until we started to have our kids…and they started to have their kids…and our kids started to know each other!  Pretty soon, […]

Do you ever stop to think about all the people that you pass on the street…or see in Starbucks…or sit next to on a bus?  Do you stop to consider the roads that they’ve taken…the stories their lives tell…or the things you might have in common? The older I get and the more stories I […]

I’ve spoken a lot over the years about how photography has opened up my world.  About the people that I’ve met…the places I’ve been able to go…the experiences I’ve had.  Photography has broadened my horizons in a way that I never could have imagined possible…through the mere act of meeting new people and having a […]

There is something immensely bittersweet about the last days of summer… On one hand, I just love Autumn.  And by love, I mean…I would marry Autumn…and send it tiny little love notes every single day.  I love it that much.  I just adore the entire season and all that comes with it.  After what always […]

Ask for forgiveness…not for permission. It was the summer that I turned twenty-one when I learned that little tidbit of wisdom!  I was working out West that year, on an extraordinary marketing campaign.  Our job – without going into too much detail – was to make things happen.  Our job was to embrace every opportunity […]