The Guitarist

Spending time with these five at Rocky Point Park in Port Moody? Amazing.  Not only were they willing to do just about anything I asked (aside from dirtying those perfectly clean collectible shoes, right? :-P), they loved to laugh at me while I plopped across the muddy sand and almost lost my sandals in the…

Mama and Dada were busy talking. Rianna was busy playing. And she especially wanted to play with the multi-colored cell phone Mama kept in her purse. It took all her concentration. Lips pursed, eyes serious, focus undeterred. Rianna worked on getting that special toy and worked and worked. Somewhere along the way, she found an…

“Life is under no obligation to give us what we expect.”  Margaret Mitchell said it so much better than I ever could, and isn’t it true? On the morning of the long-anticipated fall family photo session, one child evidenced every ounce of stubbornness in those little bones while the other child grinned like nobody’s business….

When four-year-old Esther found out a little brother or sister was on its way, she made up her mind: his name is Thomas. Over the next few months, the baby was unnamed, unknown. But always in Esther’s mind he remained Thomas. She would talk about Thomas. She would look forward to meeting Thomas. She would…