“Press the word “PLAY” There is no word play. YES THERE IS….P-L-A-Y!!!! C’MON, you know those letters P-L-A-Y” We were trying to watch a movie. He was supposed to be pushing the “play” button. I was upset during that conversation. Mad even. Beyond mad. We worked on letters and words every single day. I...
When I left home, I had very few life skills. I was great at school, sports, writing, studying…I was great at listening to music at full blast in my room. Or fixing my hair. I could paint houses. But living…. I had to learn from the ground up. (Still learning really) I worked as a...
More often than not, my first shoot of the year is a baby. A brand new baby. (I’ve had the privilege of shooting the New Years baby three times in the last several years) And it’s the perfect way to start my year. New life. New beginnings. Tiny fingers and toes and noses and heads...
A little over a decade ago, I made a list. I never liked the idea of a bucket list. A list with an imminent ending in mind seemed morbid. But I loved the idea of a real, written down list….. and for the solitary fact that it was actually out there, actually on paper (I...
All the odds were against him. To be a person. To be my son. He defied all the odds. He always has. His whole little life. Even before he got here. I can tell you all the horror stories. I won’t. Because they don’t matter. They never have. I fought the good fight to get...