I began to lose my eyesight during the summer of 2003. I didn’t notice it at first. I had enough going on trying to figure out my litigation assistant job, trying to be grown-up enough to live on my own and pay my bills and live in my own place. I suppose I thought I [...]

she dances in lightly, capricious, as a little wild child not quite finished dancing with the fairies. she will grow up soon enough, up into warmer suns and deeper colors, but now she plays, exploring each moment. she becomes time rushing and slowing, flowing like her brooks falling out of ice. she sneaks in with [...]

What if I dared to live what I believe deep down, regardless of the yes or the no or the nod of approval or the expectation? What if I opened my life up to the good because I want to, not because everyone else is preaching it or saying it or doing it? What if [...]

I have been watching my babies, thinking about time, and how there is never enough of it – not for me, not for them, not for anyone. My son has lately begun yelling for his food “right now” while I prepare his meals in the kitchen. My daughter speaks on instant repeat looking for immediate [...]

You have to know, there is so much good going on in my real life that I can’t begin to write here. I am spending time here writing the past, because it affects the present, because something inside that went to sleep so long ago is waking up and wishing again. And oh it hurts, [...]

We were talking about him, God and I. I remember the way the midday sun hit the red brick on the portico outside the main building, the way I was whining like a child about missing him. Well, maybe not that bad. I had just told God I’d like to see him when he came [...]

It is only Wednesday, but I already feel I’ve lived several weeks this week. I’ve had some incredible highs and some tough lows. I say I want to live, but this much life packed into every minute gets overwhelming, and sometimes, I’d be okay with simple existence. I got to photograph one of the most [...]