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Thankfulness Lately

I woke up this morning to two sick kids. We are on day 9 of staying indoors because of fevers, and Joe’s flu has turned into pneumonia. All I want to do is complain about it. So it’s the perfect time to make a gratitude list. Here are a few things I’ve been thankful for lately: Best friends who happen to be brother and sister. Creativity and ingenuity. (Joe, why…

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Undoing Disease

This is a hard post to write. Not because the subject is difficult, but because celiac disease is literally attacking my brain right now. Microscopic amounts of gluten have slipped into my system twice (I think) in the past two weeks, and my brain is having a hard time processing words. It’s having an even harder time spitting them out in a coherent manner. Contrary to popular belief, gluten doesn’t…

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Recent Photo Shoots

Joe and Leila have been down with the flu for five days now. FIVE. I would complain about cabin fever, but since I seem to have gotten myself glutened last week, my brain fog would be keeping me home anyways. So, I’m not quite coherent enough to write an inspiring blog post, but I HAVE had time to update my photography blog. I hope you’ll go check it out, my…

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Exciting news

Remember last October when I told you about how my friend Lexi and I were teaming up for food photography projects? Well, our first big project hit the shelves last week. Yep. We took that picture.  I’ll admit squealing just a little bit when I walked into Barnes & Noble and saw our photo on the magazine stand. Of course the perfectionist in me immediately picked out things in the…

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What I’m not giving up for lent

I’m pretty new to the whole idea of Lent. Growing up I remember hearing my catholic friends talk about it a little, but I didn’t understand it. The first time I saw someone with ashes on their forehead in college, I politely told them they had dirt on their face and might want to wash it off. (“You’ve got a little something righhhhhht there…”) Coming to faith in an evangelical…

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One simple step to help end slavery

By the end of today, tens of thousands of people will post a photo of a red X on their hand to raise awareness for the End It Movement. It’s easy to dismiss something so simple (psh, what is a red X on your hand going to do to end slavery?), but awareness is no small thing. “Nothing happens just because we are aware of modern–day slavery, but nothing will…

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