As I scrolled through my newsfeed in disbelief, I tried to shake it off. This feeling of immense sadness rushed through me as I saw the flames shooting out of the top of the Notre Dame in Paris, France. Our family has spent countless hours in the very spot that was now covered in flames, […]

Like many of you I am behind the camera most of the time. Well, let’s be honest, all of the time. It seems like almost a sin to think of how few pictures I have of me and my children together. It makes my heart ache a little and is why I became passionate a […]

The trunk closed and my husband who woke way before he usually would leaned over to kiss me. My heart was churning with a slurry of emotions. I felt paralyzed and all I  truly wanted to do was run back inside, bury myself under the covers and wake up to my every day. Yet, I […]

At first when I read the note that was placed on our door by the city I was a little excited. New paved roads would be a dream for my long boarding teenager who always goes a little bit farther than I am comfortable with in the hopes of finding new and smooth pavement. As […]

It came from the other room and I stopped. Then I heard it again, a crash this time followed by a loud and grumpy protest of I can’t. I walked into the room to find Jackson playing with an old toy that I haven’t seen for months. I remember when we first got it. All […]

In my world the one place I feel the most centered, peaceful and still is on the trail. Our family hikes hundreds of miles a year. It is the one place I have taught my boys to find refuge. Refuge from the busy demands and busy screens that take up most of our world. A […]