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Lozenges

The only way to get rid of all those awful, hateful things you say to yourself is to solidify them into lozenges, place them on your tongue, and let them dissolve. Form your I’m not good enoughs into a blue raspberry drop, your I can’t do its into a cherry drop, and your I don’t…

I Do

She fingered the hay bale that served as a makeshift church pew for his farm wedding. Every detail was taken directly from Pinterest—just what they had both sworn to hate, but now he was vowing to love until death do them part. Welcome to Microvember, my take on NaBloPoMo. Each day this month I’ll be posting…

hands driving

Let Go

Wedding photographers have a way of emphasizing hands: the left ring finger, the fist around the bouquet, the gentle clutch of two people who’ve promised to never let go. “Let go!” He shouted, and his entire team released their white-knuckled grips on the spiky rope. The other kids grunted and toppled to the ground, and…

Elect

Today, I check the box To choose what’s best for me I elect to never settle I stand by a vote of confidence in myself I’ll speak if I want to I’ll smile if I want to I’ll leave if I want to You can tilt your head You can wonder how I’m so sure…

Thursday Doors – October 22, 2015

You can’t operate a coffee shop in a power outage, so they scribbled a note, turned the sign around, and hopefully enjoyed their day off. Taken in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. (Psst, if you’re tired of Vancouver doors photos, you’re in luck–this is my last one. If you’re not, see the whole series here.) For more…

Thursday Doors – October 15, 2015

As a photographer, I feel like it’s my job to showcase all the interesting and beautiful things in this world. When I shot this, a family noticed and came by to check it out after I passed. “Cool,” I heard the teenage boy murmur to his dad. I did my job that day. Taken in downtown Vancouver, British…