This post has been in my drafts for almost a year. Since I first wrote it, I have experienced a second miscarriage in June 2018. One that the doctors classified as a “normal” miscarriage. I wish doctors would be more sensitive in the language that they used when talking with patients. I don’t want to…
H and A met online and after their first date over tapas and wine, decided ‘Hey – that was fun, let’s do it again.’ Thus, a relationship began and now here we are later on down the road. H is pregnant with twins (though has given birth at the time of this writing already–I’m set…
On a hot summer day in July, we explored the outdoors in fine clothes and heaps of water. We had a very warm, dry, and sunny summer here in the UK, but M and I didn’t complain much. M is from Arizona and I was born in Florida, so we were both thoroughly enjoying the…
With my pregnancy yoga teacher training coming up next week, I’m filled with trepidation. The excitement with which I booked the course is now gone. Lingering in its place is an empty womb and anxious heart resulting from a miscarriage. I booked this course over 2 months ago when I was pregnant. Almost as soon…
I wrote about some of the self deprecating thoughts I experienced the first time I shaved my hair off in my post explaining why I shave my head. I had tentatively decided all of those years ago that I would shave my head every five years to challenge my sense of self. Since my first…
Having a baby changes your life. Seemingly from one moment you go from, “oh hey, I have a large tummy and a vague sense that our lives will change soon” to “oh my god, there’s an actual baby in our lives now.” I photographed A’s maternity session back in May and we tried to imagine…
