Ryan was a spotter on the cheer team when Abby came in to help coach. Though they never thought of each other as more than just friends, that changed once he graduated and happened to be in the restaurant she was working in that night. Hours of conversations later and it was clear that this […]

It’s been almost exactly three years since I wrote part one of Hope in the Midst of Hurting. Tannan and I had just went through the toughest week of our lives. We lost our sweet 6 week old baby, Malachi, through miscarriage and our world was flipped upside down. I had never felt hurt so […]

A few weeks ago my Pentax 645NII finally came in and I was beside myself! If you’ve been following along at all on my “film journey” I started back in September (very slowly) getting into the world of film photography. I’ve always LOVED and admired the classic and timeless look of film, but due to […]

This year was the first time I really gave myself a true “time off” in nine years! I’ve had slower seasons in the winter before, but this time around I intentionally planned to take November through March completely off. And as I reach the end of this time, I’m determined to do it each year […]