Years that Answer
"There are years that ask questions and years that answer." - Zora Neale Hurston I first heard this quote when I had plenty of questions of my own: What am I doing with my life? Will we ever get out of...Read More
Will You Miss This When It’s Gone?
Will you miss this when it's gone? It's not a matter of "if" something will go away someday. Every step along the way is a phase; it's all temporary, for good or for bad. The question is, will you miss...Read More
Into the Great Unknown
I've written a lot about life as a mother in the last year, and how much I've learned. I've mentioned the plethora of things I didn't know that I didn't know. Postpartum anxiety and depression, lactation issues, hormones, crying, cluster...Read More
Single Parents are Amazing.
I've remarked a lot over the last year about how much I've learned since having a kid. There are plenty of things that you simply can't learn until you've experienced them hands-on yourself. This is why flight simulators are a...Read More
Spring Into Opportunities
It's hard to believe that the year is nearly a quarter over already. It's Spring, finally, but the last two months have gone by in a blur of injury and illness in our house. With the toddler going to daycare,...Read More
Procrastinators, Unite
I'm a classic procrastinator. I'll have the blog post page open on my laptop, cursor blinking, and my phone will beep hello at me. I'll pick it up, acknowledge the notification, and then dive headfirst into something distracting, for a...Read More
All the Goals
I like to set lots of goals at the beginning of a new season, and the new year is no exception. I love to track and manage and organize goals and watch how I grow and check things off my...Read More
The Return of Carter – Three Lakes Park
I find it wonderful that I have lived in Richmond for 18 years and can still visit a park for the first time. My return clients know that I suggest locations for sessions, but I also love when they ask...Read More
Pretty as a Georgia Peach: Monroe Park Family Photos
The last time I saw Georgia's family, she was 2.5 years old, playing the drums and toddling around the VMFA. So when I saw her skipping down the path of newly-renovated Monroe Park, wand ribbons fluttering in the breeze, I...Read More
Here Sweet There
"Wherever you are, do the best thing you know how to do right now, right there." - Anna Kunnecke The internet is a wonderous thing. Social media gives us the ability to keep up with those we love with minimal...Read More