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  • Forever seeking to be heard.

    Forever seeking to be heard.

    For a brief time that I remember – my mother truly escaped herself & the confines of her mind and the limitations that it imposed on her being – this was many years ago. It’s when that freedom ended again that I had decided that I needed to explore and to be free and never…

  • A snapshot of your child’s life.

    There is no place to compare our children to others.  Not to others in our household, not to others in school – because there is not one child out there like another.  They love different things at different times, they learn things at different speeds. Their minds are so busy with taking in every bit…

  • Now is not the time to give up on your dreams.

  • No more buckets of ice water?

    No more buckets of ice water?

    Here ya go – a heads up for OCTOBER 2014. SO… because everyone has their own favorite charity for their own special reason, here is the deal for OCTOBER 2014.  I have decided for the entire month of October… you make a $150 donation to the charity of your choice(or more)… and let us know…

  • The number 1 way to keep a flower alive.

      I’m going to tell you straight off… I KILL FLOWERS.  Not on purpose, but if you leave them in my care… well – they don’t last long.  And… I’ll attribute that to my LOVE of flowers – you always want what you can’t have, or in my case what I can’t maintain.  I find…

  • Don’t miss any time you can take photos of and with your family.

    My grandmother passed many years ago from cancer and this is the last photo I have of her, my mother and myself. It doesn’t matter who takes the photo… or the fact that there is a nice JELLO advertisement in the background!lol But it does matter that I have this image. It is one of…

  • Close your eyes

    Sometimes you can close your eyes and see the place where you use to be or how you were when you were young.  I want to photograph that place for your children, so they no longer have to close their eyes to see it. ~Jeanine Thurston

  • The Wedding Bouncing Board

    Oh, yes… it’s exactly what I mean.  You scour websites, you have a million questions about your wedding… why?  Because for most of you, this is your first wedding. So what do I really mean by Wedding Bouncing Board?  I’ve been in the wedding industry for over 25 years, and personally photographed over 800 weddings.…

  • Writing a letter.

    The lost art of communication.  We text, we tweet, we send the occasional short e-mail.  Who here remembers writing a letter?  Who remembers receiving a letter by mail?  Some will write a short bit in a thank you note… but that’s not what I’m talking about.  Who of you have actually written or received a…

  • The wedding chronicles.

    The planning.  You meticulously plan your beautiful wedding day.  Planning consumes your time and thoughts.  You pull inspiration from every corner of your life.  Exhaused – the last few days before the wedding bring excitement and maybe a little anxiety while you have to finish a few tasks, welcome guests into town, and realize that…

  • Know that a bad day is just a day.

    Know that everyone has bad days. Know that you are not alone. Know that no matter how bad you may think your day is, tomorrow is a new day with a fresh beginning. Know that no matter how ugly you feel, everyone has beauty inside and out – because nobody on this planet is like…

  • Helpers.

    When I was a kid, I was instructed to run across a street to help an elderly women cross the street.  If I saw a neighbor hauling in groceries – told to go help them carry in their groceries.  When someone came home, I was to jump up and run out to the car to…