Little children, sweet and lovely Buds from Heaven sent to earth! Let us love them, teach them, guide them, Fill their lives with joy and mirth… Looking up with eyes of laughter, Holding out their tiny hands; Bless these little ones, oh, Master! Precious children of all lands! ~Gertrude Tooley Buckingham, “Little Children” We were…
“Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” Henry James The jazz concert provided the soundtrack for our afternoon together while the mosquitos were the quintessential welcoming committee for a North Carolina summer photo session. Dressed to perfection within their navy-and-gray-and-pink color scheme (so much variety, and…
Johnnie and I are practically best friends now. He may not realize it yet, of course, but it’s true! I celebrated with his parents at our Kernersville maternity session, we giggled together during his newborn session, and now he’s over a year old and now we’re celebrating the start of another summer with Kernersville family photos. Randall…
My Dad did it (Atlantic to Pacific!). My cousin’s doing it (Pacific Ocean to Lake Michigan). I can’t bike the whole trek (I did think about trying, though!), so I will do my part right here at home. #cabinsforkids is the fund raising, friend-raising, community-building initiative by New Hope Uganda’s Musana Camp. By biking the…
When I sent out a plea to my facebook followers, I was begging for someone to spend an afternoon downtown Vancouver with me. Be my friend? Please? Come hang out with me? Pweease? I had high hopes for the fun that we would have in the peak of Cherry Blossom beauty, of course, but never in my wildest…
Scattered, but integrated. Distant, but united. Spread wide, we stand together. A few weeks ago, I met Jacob & Ashleigh and Ella in San Diego where we visited our Aunt and Uncle in the sunny, spectacular, soothing, Southern California. We laughed at Ella-antics, walked the beach sharing dreams & struggles & challenges & pain &…
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