For angels and survivors. I ask that you not look away. Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Love spoken here.
I get chills as I invoke the help of the angels I have known. This blog is for you. This blog is also for the survivors. This blog is for all the unsung heros...the siblings. This blog is for moms and dads. This blog is for the friends. This blog is for all whose...
Bali – Not the yoga, retreats or fabulous beaches – it’s the peeps
"Put your ass where your heart wants to be" – Steven Pressfield – The War of Art Although it takes me forever to create these posts, this is where my heart wants to be. My ass doesn’t always follow orders. It’s a challenge but here I am. Writing, blogging, Instagram...
Haiti – Kids, Life and Hope
These are images of humans in Haiti. I visited two orphanages, one in San Repos and one in St. Marc. Scott Bonnell of HopetoHaiti created these safe havens. His goal was to help one child at a time. The foundation provides food, shelter, education, safety and hope to...
Cameron – He’s the luckiest man he knows.
If you have never been to a Special Olympics event…you might want to go…and bring the kids. You’d be hard-pressed not to feel moved by the joy and enthusiasm. On occasion, I photograph dances and proms for adult daycare facilities. I met Cameron at several of these...
Nicole Zimmerman
In October of 2015 I was at MD Anderson in Houston helping my brother Eric navigate his cancer treatment. Bob, a friend who worked at the hospital happened to tell me that a patient, Nicole Zimmerman, would be getting married that Sunday. Nicole had just learned that...
welcome
“It’s one thing to photograph people. It is another to make others care about them by revealing the core of their humanness” Paul Strand
My hope is that these essays will depict our sameness and not our differences. Compassion feeds the soul. We are part of the same family, our human collective.
If we risk an awkward moment and open our hearts, our lives will be enriched.
