Hello New Year!
Here’s wishing you all the joy of the new year- the clarity to see it, the strength to create it and the inspiration to capture it! Hello 2021! It’s a new year packed with endless...
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Quarantine Graduation | Part One: The Corona Kid
I had been planning for this month, June 2020, for years. This is the time when both my boys would once again stand side by side as graduates. The first time was 8 years ago,...
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A mama’s ghost story
Last week, I found myself locking horns almost every day with my 13 year old, Liam. Everything I said to him seem to be an annoyance, and the angst seemed to be something out of...
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Documenting Teens | Arm Yourself for Battle
One of the very best ways to make sure your teen will remove themselves from a photo is to ask then to stay still, then fix their hair and or clothes, then ask them to...
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Documenting Teens | Lets’ do this!
Recently, I started organizing photos of my 2 boys. Both are graduating this June: Liam from grammar school, Ryan, college. Lots of feels for sure. And I set out to make each of them a...
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My unexpected journey
There are a few milestones that really- and I mean really hit the heart of a mom- like your child’s first day of school, first time riding a bike, the walk down the graduation aisle,...
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Summer Wind-down
We are at the midpoint of August- and September feels like it is a blink away. I don’t want to say goodbye to these lazy summer day- but at the same time- I love the...
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Confessions of a Gamer’s Mom
Ok- I’m going to get into a tricky subject here- and I know many may not agree with me. It’s a polarizing playground talk point- but I have decided to come forward and speak up-...
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The Joy of being a Football Mom!
Truth told- I have always loved Football. I am a native New Yorker- but for a little while, my family transplanted to Irving Texas. It was in the late 70’s, and I was in love...
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Teen School Photos | Mission Impossible?
Let’s face it, there’s no getting around the fact that the photos you take when your teen goes to High School and College are much different than the ones you take when they went...
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The joy behind “BABY LOVE”
More than just showing you what’s on the drawing board- I wanted to share a backstory of one this month’s designs with you. It’s funny how much a screen saver can tell you about someone....
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buckle up for ROAD TESTED!
It’s Halloween weekend! The perfect time for scary stories! And do I have a good one for you! I have told you tales of teen parenting nightmares in the past– first there was This is Scary–...
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Learning New Steps | Teaching my teen to drive
It’s no secret that humor is my sedative of choice for the anxiety that comes with raising a teen. This is where my design, Road Tested is rooted: laughing at the twisted world you drive...
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Pushing pause on Summer | My August Bucket List
It’s August. The back to school supplies have been bought, I see a few leaving already dropping from the trees in my backyard and the Pumpkin pins have already popped into my Pinterest feed. There’s...
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Behind the Drawing Board | Getting (emotionally) ready for college
I’m a the type of person that is pretty easy to read. Pretty much because I leave a trail of emotional breadcrumbs all over my art boards and will pretty much spill out my heart...
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16 summers
Around here, life has been a mix of anxious mountain climbing and helpless free falls. It all started in September, when my older son began the college application process. The months marched on and the...
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I Made Green
Last Saturday, I was fried. Lots of projects were finally put to bed but I had a long list of boring business tasks to do and a house that was showing the wear of two...
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How you play the game….
I get it. After more than 4 decades on this earth as a type A competitive kinda- gal, I have finally embraced that it really isn’t whether you win or lose the game… Sometimes just your effort...
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