Joanna and her Harp
We spent forty-five minutes together one Saturday morning. Two boys, two helmets, two parents, the four (collective) wheels, and me. The Murrayville Skateboard Park at W.C. Blair Recreation Centre in Langley was deserted at 9am on a steaming hot morning, so I got to watch all the tricks as many times as I wanted to….
Every day is a good day when there’s sunshine (especially in the rainy Pacific Northwest) but it’s an even BETTER day when that sunshine comes out just in time to witness Vancouver’s partial solar eclipse (my very first solar eclipse!). The day had been cloudy and rainy but as I drove to Campbell Valley Park,…
Christmas marks the beginning of the end. After such a season of anticipation and joy, now it’s time to reflect on the past year while preparing for a new year on its way. Last Christmas, we had just barely met niece Olive, we were waiting to meet nephew Jesse, were on the cusp of letting the world…
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…
“Oh, you guuuyyys! You’re looking so good. So rad. So fabulous! Just stay right there…I’m going to try to get the dogs’ attention…give me some patience…you guys just look at me and we’ll hope the dogs do, too.” I crouched under my umbrella for the Rai’s Steveston family photos and monologued — partially for myself…