• Family - Family Relationships - Foster Care

    Our First Two Weeks Being Foster Care Parents

    September 23, 2025

    I’ve thought a lot about what I should write. I still don’t know. We’ve been foster care parents for two weeks today. It feels like a million years. I need a place to land my chaotic mess of weary thoughts swirling around in my mind. But I don’t have the time or energy to explain any of them. All I know is this: The world is broken. People are broken. I expected this to be the hardest thing I’ve ever done-but it’s more than that. I find it chipping away at my soul. Eating me, tearing me apart, breaking me…

  • Family

    Liv and Asher

    March 31, 2020

    The light. The smiles. It’s the simple stuff. I have no fancy words. I’m tired. I’m about to go make a cup of coffee and get breakfast and it’s already 10:30 a.m. It’s actually early for me to be eating. I usually don’t do breakfast until noon. Does that make it lunch? I don’t know. But I do know that I love this little life of mine. I love the smiles in these photos. I love the light…and I love coffee.

  • Family - Personal - Photography

    Liv & the Dogs

    January 31, 2020

    Our dogs with Liv-she absolutely loves them. Bentley is the fluffy one. He’s half German Shepherd and half Great Pyrenees; he also weighs 115 pounds. Yup, that’s right. He’s a bear. Schaden is a pure German Shepherd. They are the best dogs (most of the time. ha!). We love them like crazy. When I saw Liv sitting there between them, I just knew I had to grab the camera. This is the good stuff that I never want to forget.

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    Family - Personal - Photography

    My Little Ninja

    January 20, 2020

    When he came out dressed like a ninja, I thought it would be worth documenting. He’s passionate about life. Always moving-and never predictable. He’s one of my favorite people. I think I’ll keep him-at least until he’s eighteen.