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Life is only a reflection of what we allow ourselves to see In the quiet of the morning I stepped outside into the brisk October air, McKenzie and I were out for our morning walk.  The day was still dark, the sun rises later this time of year. Breathing in the crisp air, taking in […]

in the quiet of the morning . . .

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Sometimes you have to stop thinking so much and just go where your heart takes you  The problem is I don’t know exactly where my heart should take me . . . I seem to have lost my way lately, what do I want to photograph?  Do I even want to photograph anymore? I remember […]

Inspiration of the Heart

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I am nowhere near the end of my journey, photographs tell a story, my story. 

Every Life Has a Soundtrack . . .

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“God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.” – Voltaire While listening to the radio the other day a song by Brad Paisley began to play.  The song is called “Letter to Me” it talks about writing a letter to your seventeen year […]

A Letter to Me . . .

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“Life isn’t about finding yourself.  Life is about creating yourself.” ~ George Bernard Shaw The journey to creating oneself is not an easy road.  As children I think we mostly try to fit in with others, I think this is true for most children.  We all just want to be liked and accepted. As teenagers, […]

Creating Yourself, Your Brand

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“Never underestimate the power you have to take your life in a new direction.” ― Germany Kent What’s in a name, anyway?  If you are a parent, you know how difficult it is to choose  the perfect name for your baby.  If you own a business you may have been faced with the same difficulty.  It […]

A New Me – Sort Of . . .

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when I look at me . . . I see an older version of me staring back in the mirror, when did I become this age? I see a mom, to a small baby girl, who has grown to become an amazing young woman. I see a wife, who is married to a wonderful man, […]

who do I see …

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“Such short little lives our pets have to spend with us, and they spend most of it waiting for us to come home each day.”

the inevitable . . .

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Good morning yesterday, You wake up and time has slipped away … Time is defined in the Oxford Dictionary as “the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole.” This week my daughter and son-in-law will celebrate their first wedding anniversary.  I cannot believe one year […]

Time . . . | Smithville Lifestyle Photographer

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Forward & Backward … This past week I began cleaning out some old art portfolio cases I had from college.  I hardly remember those days, some 30 plus years ago now.   When I was young and had dreams, that never became a reality.  Sometimes I wonder what my life would had been like if I had gone to art school […]

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