Beth, Month 3
Beth, Month 2
Beth, Month One
An Ordinary Saturday
Every night, at the same part of Katy’s bedtime routine, she asks if we can have a minute. This is her way of asking for some free-form time between her Bible story and her bedtime prayer. Usually she talks about…
2017: The Rubbish Year That Was
I didn’t want to look back on 2017 because it hurt too much. Trying to reflect on the past year is a lot like poking at the edges of a wound that’s begun to scab over but isn’t healing well: every time I pick at…
Bittersweet moments
I was trying to capture an outfit shot of Katy when she noticed a leaf by her right foot. She stepped on it, dragged it underfoot up against the wall, and raised her foot till leaf met hand and she…
Motherhood: Keeping It Real
This Mother’s Day, I’m keeping it real. No matter if you have a robust support network or none at all, no matter if your workplace is family-friendly or would rather its employees work as though they don’t have personal lives…
Our First Serious Conversation
Lately, Katy has started lolling in front of the full-length mirror outside my bathroom when she’s meant to go brush her teeth. Today she piped up while looking at her reflection: “Who gave me my birthmark?” I told her the usual…
How Grinches Are Made
It begins in December. Of course it does. By being born in the same month as Christmas, you are guaranteed a childhood of receiving half the anticipated quantity of presents. With a child’s sense of right and wrong, you protest the…
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