

I open the door to the garage and Meadow bounds down the two steps in one big jump. She swings the car door open and I watch, holding her backpack, as she hops to the far side of the backseat. I swing her way-too-heavy backpack into the seat next to her, while she straps on...

I’ve been a member of a family my whole life. I’ve had my own family for many years now. If I’ve come to understand anything about family through my own experiences, I’ve learned that there is nothing about family life that is perfect. Family is messy and chaotic and fun and exhausting and hilarious and...

This was the session that almost didn’t happen. Our first date didn’t work out. Dark clouds and a thunderous downpour led to a cancelation. We couldn’t meet again until a few weeks later. On the day of our session, life happens, work goes long, and a session that was supposed to start at five got...