..   “Resilience” is defined as the ability to recovery readily from adversity.  It could just as appropriately be defined with a picture of a military wife, standing strong with her three children as she waits for a slow moving ship to dock.  A synonym for resiliency is “buoyancy”.   And like that ship requires the […]

    When I opened these photos to decide which ones to blog, I was reminded why I love shooting homecomings when babies are involved.  There’s so much truth in that instance when dad finally appears.  Infants don’t really know what’s going on until that moment.  They hang out with mom and other family members on […]

.   True love is timeless.  It is never-ending.  It is patient, strong, and it can kick any deployment’s butt.  Maybe not in those exact words, but every military spouse has repeated that mantra probably a thousand times in her head.  It’s like  an athlete pumping himself full of affirmations before the big game, or […]

  I just realized that I haven’t shared my gorgeous nephew’s photos here on the blog!  Now that he’s almost 9 weeks old I’ll need to add some updated shots ASAP.  I assure you, though– he is getting cuter by the day! Introducing, Javier King Quintanar.  

. . There’s a handful of unflattering nicknames and references that come to mind when you think of Twentynine Palms, CA.  The Mojave Desert can be defined by its heat.  Sand.  Barren land.  Dust.  Sun.  And more heat.  But for Marines who return to the base there after a combat tour in Afghanistan, there’s only […]