The Grief Divide ~ How to Talk to a Grieving Person Where do non-photography related posts fit in?  Right here.  Because, well, life. Over the past two months, too much death has happened.   Our son died.  An incredible woman from the 2015 cast of Listen to Your Mother lost her son when he was hit

The Life and Death of our Son Christian I became a parent with a phone call and a trek into a sketchy area of the city to pick up two children I’d never met. The day care was the scary kind – with no furniture and things covered in plastic. A beautiful little boy caught

Dedicated to Beth, who knows better than anyone and to Erin, in case she really wanted to know. It’s been a rough fall The order was tall To complete all the tasks we acquired Jason’s overload meant That much more time was spent At the college than we were accustomed Research at the lab And

My mom was diagnosed with ovarian cancer five years ago, which ended the world.  Surgery and chemo got rid of it the first time, then the second, then the third.  Now we’re on round four – we because cancer is a whole family experience. My mom has always hated her hair because she thinks it’s thin and

I was having a little bit more fun with my GoPro and new video editing software.  This is to my favorite Christmas song of all time, in a tongue in cheek kind of way.  I do have to confess this is a highlight reel – my mom wasn’t feeling well, my husband was gone, and

We have a love affair with Great Wolf Lodge.  Where else can you scream down water slides, eat mahi mahi and lamb while your kids feast on chicken fingers, or run around a hotel barefoot playing Magiquest?  As your trip goes on, your kids will likely collect a host of actually high quality souvenirs.  The gift

The neighbor’s illegal fireworks were the closest and most magnificent but there was also something about being on a dock in the middle of hundreds of people setting them off in a sort of surround sound experience that added to the effect.  My 5 year old son said, “This is the best night EVER.”