Sydney is Beautiful

    With (almost) more paint on their clothes than had landed on the canvas, Mom had one more message to share with her kiddos.  While they were distracted by a few more chocolate donut holes, she painted a few letters letters…one word…and a quick arrow. Its not easy to create art on a moving,…

The best place for family photos is the place you feel the most comfortable.   The best place for family photos is where you feel happiest. The best place for family photos is where you love to be together. The best place for family photos is the place you play together. The best place for family…

Beach Family Photos are idyllic. Or, at the very least, they look idyllic.  The glowing sunset, the happy laughter, the cute-in-love parentals, the frolicking, the giggling. Memories, preserved. Real Life doesn’t usually involve meandering walks on the beach or playful moments of family unity at all the right times. Real Life isn’t always rose-gold and idyllic….

At eleven days old, Thomas is already watching the world with a solemn delight and wise understanding behind perfectly beautiful eyes and a smug little grin.  He watches when his Daddy brings a bottle and helps him eat his supper.  He watches when Mommy picks out his outfits and putters around the exquisitely decorated nursery. …

Family is spectacular.  The glory of similar yet different, the power of shared experiences and mutual memories, the variety of personality and yet the similarity of disposition. Childhood is wondrous. Who better to stop and smell the roses than a child? Who else can make an entire room burst into laughter without saying a word?  When else do we humans…

She stood on the edge of the world, teetering between the delights of an unknown expanse and the comforts of familiar reality. To her, it looked like a grand adventure waiting to be explored.  To her parents, however, she was just a few inches from soiling her outfit by falling face-first into the ocean. (This…