aura joon

There is not enough time or thank you's to sit down and give the response that all of these comments deserve. Friends, I am so thankful for the little community that seems to have gathered here. It is humbling to know that it is all from my photographs...

It is the 29th of March, 2012.
Somehow it is both expected and hard to believe that one year ago, today, Elodie was born. Pink, screaming, child full of will and opinion.
In these life-changing moments, we begin to think, change...lay down the stepping stones that eventually lead to the growing paths we take in life. Ones that lead us to who we are, and will become....

One time, my Mother told me that from the time she was a little girl, she always recognized fault in other people around her, and swore to change those wrongs in herself.
From an initial stand-point, the statement came across as cynical, and self-indulgent. I think sometimes my Mother can come across this way...a product of living half of her life in another country and coming here at almost 30 years old and learning...

This weekend, my parents offered to take baby E for her first overnight away from home.
Michael was thrilled.
I was sick.