“To know and be known…”  “I am scared of me. But I want to be known and loved anyway.  Can you do this?…I am giving myself to you, and tomorrow I will do it again.  I will risk myself on you. And together, we will learn to love.” || donald miller || pc: kristen leigh A little over a year ago […]

“You don’t have to say a word, to speak to me…I don’t have to hold your hand to feel you there. We don’t really have a plan, but I’m not scared. Maybe that’s the thing. Maybe that’s the thingThat’s the thing about us.“|| thing about us – steve moakler ||   To find this series at any time, […]

“To photograph is to hold one’s breath when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality.” || Henri Cartier Bresson || As 2013 closed I thought to myself, with three solo shot weddings under my belt and a handful of 2014 weddings booked in front of me, “It’ll be fun to grow in this area! That […]

“It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy… Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other,  and seven days are more than enough for others.” | jane austen – sense and sensibility |  Trevor was a traveler growing up. He came from an adventurous family that took exotic vacations out of […]

“And I know it’s true that visions are seldom all they seem.” || once upon a dream || The dream wedding dress. The vast majority (if not every) little girl has an image in her head at least once in her life about it. Some grow up yearning after it and for others its just a […]

Heeeey, friends! So it’s been forever since I’ve blogged. I must admit I was always one of those people who looked at frazzled brides and was like, “Yeah, if you would’ve prepared better…” or “Just chill out and enjoy yourself!” or “My goodness, she is waaay too up tight/anxious/emotional/unfocused/distracted/etc.” and thought that when it was […]

Today marks three months until the day I wake up, put on an ethereal floor-length white gown, and look in the mirror to see a bride. Three months until I will become one with a man that God spent 27 years preparing for me. Which is pretty awe-inspiring when you take into account that I’ve […]

part one || part two || part three || part four || part five || part sixAll my, “I’m gonna be a’okay” feelings melted away all at once and all the jitters and shakes and even those pesky butterflies were back in business for sure. As if I was calm, cool, and collected I sent back, “Hey :)” Something deep inside me felt like […]

I didn’t know where to turn to. See, somehow I can’t forget you, After all that we’ve been through. I couldn’t turn on the TV, Without something that’ll remind me Was it all that easy To just put aside your feelings? | better in time – leona lewis |part one || part two || part three || part four || part five […]

It is love from the first  Time I pressed my hand into yours  Thinking, ‘Oh, is it love?’ Oh, say, wouldn’t you like to be Older and married with me? Oh, say, wouldn’t it be nice to Know right now that we’ll be Someday holding hands in the end. |  hellogoodbye – oh, it is […]