Shari
I met her when she started dating one of Jake's good friends, watched as they exchanged vows on a warm September day, and ogled over...
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- Jul 31
The Courage of Stars
“Hope almost always shows up disguised as heartbreak.” I wrote this in 2016 with the kind of confidence that I now recognize only comes...
- Jun 29, 2022
"The doctor will see you now"
Time flies when you’re watching your kid cross the threshold from elementary to middle school, when he stands for a picture with his...
- May 26, 2022
"The only way out is through."
I keep coming back to pictures of birth lately. Maybe it's because some of my deepest relationships are with women who have held this...
- Mar 21, 2021
Where two or more are gathered
Four years ago today, Jake and I were on an evening hike in Monterrosso (one of five small seaside villages in Cinque Terre, Italy). I'd...
- Oct 25, 2020
On Building Sandcastles
If this year has taught me anything about hope, it’s that it can’t be branded, or condensed into a three sentence mission statement.
- Apr 13, 2020
Exhale.
I walked down to my neighbor's house to do a front porch picture for her family today. She texted me a few days ago because her son- one...
- Aug 20, 2019
Sweet Spot
What color shower caddy do you want?" I heard her ask from the next aisle over in Target. I should have been crossing off items on the...
- Jun 12, 2019
"Dare Alla Luce"
They wheeled her to the nursery so I could get some rest, succumbing at last to the post c-section drugs and nearly 24 hours of labor. I...
- Apr 21, 2019
All Things New.
I've found myself reflecting a lot on death this past weekend, but not simply because of Holy Week. In fact, death has taken up quite a...
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