[caption id="attachment_5884" align="alignright" width="800"] January 2012 : Jumping for joy on the steps of the Supreme Court because The Supreme Court![/caption] I’m not sure I ever wrote in detail about what happened in the streets of Washington DC six years ago while standing in front of...
This year we became a miniature “Christmas Village” family. I’m not gonna lie, we were all pretty enchanted by the process of gathering, setting up and displaying our magical little town this Chirstmas. It made us all ridiculously happy. Perhaps it’s needless to say, but...
I’ve had an interesting (challenging, emotional, hard) last few years. It was like, just when I thought I had done all of my midlife unraveling along the way, I unraveled even more. And more. And more. So much so that there seemed to be no...
Turning 50 has prompted me to put some well-needed focus on self-care. Of course, I hope that means more pedicures and a massage now and again but there are all kinds of other pieces and parts to self-care I'm considering. That's a topic for many other posts...
You know what I love? Hard truth tellers. Although all truth telling is good, I’m talking about a particular kind of truth. It’s the kind of truth that is incredibly hard to tell; the challenging, unsavory, embarrassing, shameful kind of truth. The kind that can feel...
I'm super excited about the Photography for the Journey Creative Photo Workshops that I'm hosting with Danielle Cohen. We've got one in SoCal and one in Portland and there's a spot waiting for you! Instead of writing about it, we wanted to just chat, video-style. For...
It’s easy, even second nature for us to document the big milestones of our lives and the lives of our children. Especially the celebratory ones. The ones that you watch and wait for; first steps, first day of school, birthdays, graduations, leaving for college (oof!)....
I was prompted to shoot these images from a deep desire to capture a specific moment in time in my daughter's life. It's what I'd consider a defining moment. Something that the outside world might not recognize. Something more internal. Something I will be writing about...
When Joystruck reached out to me about their new Lightroom* presets, I was excited to check them out. Specifically, I was drawn to their "one-click installation" as well as their philosophy of photo editing simplicity. I have heard over and over again from my fellow "everyday...
Last week at the Mom 2.0 Summit, I signed on to be a part of the Today Parenting Team. I had told myself I was going to try to take advantage of every opportunity available because it had been years since I had attended a...