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

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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
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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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part
division
bit
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allowance
ration
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