• mailbox view {phone photography tip}

    Yesterday I posted a picture on Instagram of my daughter checking the mail. Several asked about how I took the photo, so I thought I would share my process. For those interested, this is similar to what I teach in the SnapShop Phone course. The…

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  • pecans on the table

    Thank you for your thoughtful words regarding my post about my grandparents’ home. Writing is therapeutic for me. I came home from saying ‘goodbye’ to their home and just wrote. I appreciate your gentleness with me as I shared here. I love your suggestions to…

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  • when sadness is a gift

    This morning in an office nearby, a pile of legal documents will be signed and ownership of my grandparent’s house will transfer to someone else. Someone I don’t know. Someone that doesn’t know all the stories held within those four faded walls. Someone that sees…

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  • our list keeps growing

    I want to give my kids the world….but not in the sense of every material possession they could dream up. I want to give them the world – and understanding of the world and how they fit into it all. Geography. Culture. People. History. With…

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  • shiny new day

    Last night I stood over the sink washing dishes – again. We have a schedule where the kids help with meal clean up, but there are still many nights that dinner dishes get piled up. I didn’t have a very good attitude about it. It…

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