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Jan 17, 2023
My Pandemic Parenting Story
Jan 17, 2023
Jan 17, 2023
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Jan 10, 2023
Welcoming Vada - West Asheville Newborn Photography
Jan 10, 2023
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Oct 19, 2022
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August 2022
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Jul 27, 2022
5 Tips to Keep Your Creative Practice Alive (And be a Parent)
Jul 27, 2022
Jul 27, 2022
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Jul 26, 2022
June 2022
Jul 26, 2022
Jul 26, 2022
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Jul 6, 2022
A Camping Family Session - Davidson River Campground, Pisgah National Forest
Jul 6, 2022
Jul 6, 2022
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Jun 23, 2022
May 2022
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Jun 23, 2022
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May 11, 2022
April 2022
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May 11, 2022
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May 11, 2022
March 2022
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May 11, 2022
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Mar 16, 2022
February 2022
Mar 16, 2022
Mar 16, 2022
Looking Back: 2021
Feb 3, 2022
Looking Back: 2021
Feb 3, 2022
Feb 3, 2022
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Feb 3, 2022
January 2021
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Feb 3, 2022
December 2021
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Dec 7, 2021
November 2021
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Dec 7, 2021
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Nov 9, 2021
October 2021
Nov 9, 2021
Nov 9, 2021
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Sep 26, 2019
Camille & Esme's Birth // Mission Hospital
Sep 26, 2019
Sep 26, 2019
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Jun 13, 2019
Sol // Postpartum
Jun 13, 2019
Jun 13, 2019
The Birth of Amos // Mission Hospital
May 23, 2019
The Birth of Amos // Mission Hospital
May 23, 2019
May 23, 2019
The Bender-Hope Family
Apr 10, 2019
The Bender-Hope Family
Apr 10, 2019
Apr 10, 2019
The O'donoughue Family
Jan 15, 2019
The O'donoughue Family
Jan 15, 2019
Jan 15, 2019
Best of 2018
Jan 10, 2019
Best of 2018
Jan 10, 2019
Jan 10, 2019
Corra's Birth // WNC Birth Center
Oct 31, 2018
Corra's Birth // WNC Birth Center
Oct 31, 2018
Oct 31, 2018
Tenaglia // Postpartum
Sep 27, 2018
Tenaglia // Postpartum
Sep 27, 2018
Sep 27, 2018
Wall & Burns // Postpartum
Aug 30, 2018
Wall & Burns // Postpartum
Aug 30, 2018
Aug 30, 2018
Aaro's Birth // At Home
Aug 29, 2018
Aaro's Birth // At Home
Aug 29, 2018
Aug 29, 2018
Baby A's Birth // At Home
Aug 10, 2018
Baby A's Birth // At Home
Aug 10, 2018
Aug 10, 2018
Our Daughter's Birth Story - How Birth Photography Brought Healing
Aug 10, 2018
Our Daughter's Birth Story - How Birth Photography Brought Healing
Aug 10, 2018
Aug 10, 2018
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Aug 10, 2018
The Hobgood-Carr Family
Aug 10, 2018
Aug 10, 2018

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Always looking for that invisible yet visible plane of connection between parent and child. Look at these mirrored faces and the palpable love between them!
Musings and questions from a most likely skipped nap time -​​​​​​​​
I have dozens of prompts I am longing to write and to follow where they lead. Half written thoughts and not yet realized epiphanies seemingly always just out of reach. They circle my
It is a heavy thing to bring life into the world. Because with it walks hand and hand - death. Each new life brings with it their eventual death. A mind blowing and heart stopping reality that we often ignore. ​​​​​​​​
And the same is echoed in the t
“i have this productivity anxiety​​​​​​​​
that everyone else is working harder than me​​​​​​​​
and i’m going to be left behind​​​​​​​​
cause i’m not working fast enough​​​​​​​​
long enough​​​​​​​​
and i’m wasting my time​​​​​​
It's happened with both of my children. ​​​​​​​​
Right around their second birthday I feel as though I suddenly break through the surface of the water gasping for air and my feet quite miraculously find their way to semi solid ground again. ​​​​​​​​
Meeting for the first time.
Mud kitchen tea time.
A childhood of magic. ✨🌈
sup·port
/səˈpôrt/

verb
1. bear all or part of the weight of; hold up.

Similar:
hold up
bear
carry
prop up
keep up
bolster up
brace
shore up
underpin
buttress
reinforce

noun
1.
a thing that bears the weight of something or keeps it up
April.
Bloodroot. Dreams feeling far away. The Hermit. But you know, never alone. Sunburn and a buckle love affair. Experimentation. New ink for 30 years. Change of plans. Visitor center games of chase. A sister on the threshold, waiting - blooming -
When we are constantly forced face to face with our failure to protect our most vulnerable, when we are gripped with despair over the murders of our loved ones, when we are tempted to succumb to the numbness of believing things can never change - may
share
/SHer/
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noun
1.
a part or portion of a larger amount which is divided among a number of people, or to which a number of people contribute.
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Similar:
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part
division
bit
quota
allowance
ration
allocation
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lot
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