Learning to Let Our Daughters Frown
And I wonder how often we force girls to play a role to fit the confines of our expectations at the cost of their individuality and self-expression?
Photo Series: Reaching for Ambrosia
There’s this fruit tree existing amongst concrete and steel, yet it dares to bare fruit. Out of reach. She’s got…
My Daughter Doesn’t Have Classroom Friends
I hurt for my daughter. I became nervous about her experience in and out of the classroom. I imagined her kindness and vulnerability being met with cruelness and disregard.
Do Right by Her on Mother’s Day
At the end of the day, there is not a cookie cutter way to show the mother of your progeny you appreciate her, consider Bae’s personality and act accordingly.
Father and Son on Sunday
A decade ago, I had only one and now there are two of them, father and son making a holiday like Easter so full that I am bursting at the seams.
Family Photo Dos and Don’ts
My husband asked me a few weeks ago if we were going to take family Christmas photos, to which I responded: NAWL. Then one week before Christmas, I accidentally bought matching outfits for the entire family while Christmas shopping and decided we would just drive out to somewhere pretty and take a few photos with my fancy DSLR camera and it was an epic fail.