THE JOURNAL

I’ll be the first to admit that sometimes I find playing with my four-year-old a little bit….boring. GASP. I know, I’m a terrible person for not always enjoying rounds and rounds of racing cars, broken legs/getting sick/hospital visits, or some strange version of House. But lately I’ve been delighted to see Axton really getting into […]

Two-year-olds are their own special kind of magic, aren’t they? It really doesn’t matter what they just did – what they just broke or smashed into the couch cushions or threw in the toilet or whacked you over the head with – all they have to do is give you a big leg squeeze and […]

I’ve been wanting to do something for a long time now. And when I say a long time, I mean it’s been on my mind for YEARS. I think it’s been ever since I first picked up a camera, over 7 years ago. Something’s been pulling me toward it and, as sad as it is […]

Dear Axton, I feel like it was only just last month that I was sitting down to write your three-year-old letter. Like it was only just a month ago that I was thinking the same thoughts I am today: “How has it really been that long? Where has the time gone? Where is my baby – my first baby? the one who made me a mother?” And the beautiful thing is, […]

My week leading up to Mother’s Day was not only extremely busy, it was also filled with some difficult personal issues that I’m still sorting out. This meant that I really didn’t give Mother’s Day the type of deep thinking I usually associate with a nostalgic holiday such as this one. Instead what I found […]