I do this thing where when I go away for the weekend, I ignore my email inbox. I can tell myself stepping away from work and enjoying time off is good for my mental health.. But realistically, it's because I'm afraid I will read something bad that will ruin my entire weekend.

But as Mel's therapist pointed out to her, what actually happens when ( Read more... )

Lizzie convinced me to join her at Burn Cycle last night in what was my very first "spin class." I've heard so much about the various types of cycling classes out there and how addicted people get, and I can somewhat see why. Everyone cycles and bombs to the music and it's a full body work out. It was a lot of hype and excitement for a Tuesday ( Read more... )

I just need to take a moment and write out some good things that are happening right now. So much has been going on all summer that I can barely remember everything at once.

Business

First things first, I'm doing really well in wedding photography this year. I have almost all the gear I need to get exactly the kinds of shots I want. I've been ( Read more... )

I love you

I love you more than I have ever loved another person, family or friend. I love the home that we have built together.

The happiest I have ever been is while I'm traveling with you. I love to navigate the challenges and the unexpected. I love to be put in uncomfortable situations, like the Hotel Tonight fiasco in SF, and watch us work as ( Read more... )

Eljay,

I spent yesterday early morning and evening moving boxes surrounding my consultation with Chasen and Nick, which went very well.

For the first time, I saw the apartment in the morning. The coziness is almost overwhelming.

I didn't expect to, but I brought most of my things from The Conrad to The Lyric. Everything but my office chair and my ( Read more... )

My heart is filled with so much love, after this weekend and always. I just wrapped up the busiest last few weeks of my life yesterday morning after a back to back client meeting. Each time I was away, I found myself missing Sam.. Waiting for the moment I was free and could be in his company again.

My team did an incredible job at the shoot at THE ( Read more... )

Today marks 10 months of being with Sam. I have never been so obsessed and in love with a human being in my life. I still wait in anticipation and light up when I get a text or call from him. I thirst for his affection, and think of him as the most attractive man on the planet.

And as we walked into the sun-drenched crowd of Capitol Hill Block ( Read more... )

When he lays his head in my lap after a long day, I love to run my fingers through his hair. I love to separate the grey hairs from the dark ones and slide my thumb and forefinger along, and I think about how many more hairs of his I will get to see turn grey in the years to come. I love him so.

For a long time the hardest thing was not being pretty anymore. I mean, I was still pretty, but I was no longer the youngest and prettiest in the room. I was no longer able to make a real entrance. People no longer said, "Who is that thin girl with the blue eyes and the short hair?" In my thirties I became just one of the moms ( Read more... )

To me, photography is something that helps me remember and appreciate the precious moments that pass me by that I may have otherwise forgotten. The little things about my life that I love from my copper coffee kettle to helping me remember my cat's face and all his funny little personality traits once they are both long gone ( Read more... )