.   When I think of romance, I think of southern love and characters from novels like Gone with the Wind, Cold Mountain and The Notebook. I picture men and women who love completely and kiss hard.  I picture couples who hold hands when no one is looking and steal kisses while the other sleeps.  There was just something […]

   . I could see the anticipation in her eyes, the tension in her hands, a pout on her lips like they were excited and yet so nervous for that second first kiss.  Seven months had passed and in mere moments her Marine would be close enough to smell, close enough to touch.  Close enough to place his […]

    . Where we love is home, Home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.   Homecomings are, as expected– full of emotion.  Anxiety and nervousness, hope and joy, sometimes fear, and always love.  But there’s an unmatched, all-consuming excitement when a wife and mother is preparing to introduce her husband to […]

  . It’s true this little boy has a special place in my heart. If you’ve been following this blog for a while you’ll know that my husband and I set Deagon’s parents up on somewhat of a blind date.  His dad worked with my husband and his mama is one of my many beautiful […]

.   “Daughters are the happy memories of the past, the joyful moments of the present, and the hope and promise of the future.”  – Author Unknown We started this family’s session with some studio shots of the birthday girl, who celebrated her first birthday just a few days prior.  I absolutely fell in love with […]