Category Archives: Personal

Recently, I was talking to a potential client. She was telling me, as people often do, that she has been wanting to get professional photos taken of her family for a long time, but that between their busy schedules and energetic kids, she just never seemed to get around to it. I nodded my understanding. […]

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Above, straining to see her sisters who she can hear playing outside. CA is a few weeks north of her first birthday. She is talking, eating, signing, dancing, and doing a lot of cruising (for the uninitiated, that’s standing up and moving around on her feet, but always holding on to something or someone for […]

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in·ge·nu·i·ty [in-juh-noo-i-tee] noun, the quality of being cleverly inventive or resourceful When I was a little girl, I thought that my mom could do anything. She could sew, she cooked from scratch while still in her business suit, she danced, she made halloween costumes, and she volunteered in her community. And then, sadly, there came […]

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The swing swang The ropes snapped The seat sailed And she flew. Her heart sang Her shirt flapped Her coat tailed Her hair blew. The bells rang The crowd clapped Her mom wailed And wept too. Then crash – bang Into her lap By air mail Came Mari-Lou. – Shel Silverstein

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This month, we took the girls on our first flying trip as a family of five (say that ten times fast). Travel is important to us. When it comes down to choosing how to spend our time and money, I will always choose to have experiences over things. I want to impart that on my […]

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