This time of year is special – in all the good ways and in all the hard ways. I know both intimately.  Things are joyous with Christmas crafts, and tree cutting, and twinkle lights reflecting off of frosted windows in the early mornings, but some things are more sorrow than joy, more somber than laughter-filled.  […]

This session came as a breath of fresh air after several gray, fall days here in Indiana. On my way to the Padens home, the sun was beginning to shine through blue skies with dappled clouds and I just knew in my gut this session would be a good one. The Paden family invited me […]

I don’t have anything entirely profound to say here, to be honest. Maybe that’s a bad way to hook you into reading the rest of this post (?) but it’s the most honest thing I can say. We all carry a tiny tool in our pockets (ahem, it’s a phone) to document our days if […]