Dear Charlie

You’re thirteen today. A teenager! When I commented recently that you are going to be a teenager you were quick to respond, it doesn’t matter–I’m still a boy. You’ve always been that way. In no rush to move ahead to the next stage, the next season. For as long as I remember, you’ve been perfectly fine...

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Dear Chanelle

  Every year, around this time, I vow to myself: next year I am going to be more prepared. Next year, everything will be done early–the gifts, the cake, the meal, the words–all of it will be done long before the actual day. And every year, the days slip by and the bold letters you have...

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Sweet, Sweet Everleigh

Before I met her, Everleigh’s mom described her as “sweet”, “adorable”, “smiley” and “overcomer”. Upon meeting her I confirmed: check, check, check, check. All were true. As I walked away from my time with Everleigh and her Mom, I was reminded–there are hero’s among us. Walking around, living their life, while simultaneously living a hero’s...

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Brandon. Senior Class, 2019.

From time to time, in the middle of a session, a thought races through my mind. The thought comes so quickly that, in the middle of changing locations, bantering with people in front of the camera, and adjusting camera settings, I almost miss it. But on this day, the thought rang so loud and clear...

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