Category Archives: personal

{Suicide and a Bridal}

You don’t often see those words together do you? That’s because you typically never utter them in the same sentence. This morning I met a bride at the studio for her bridal session. As usual, we were walking in Downtown Waxahachie when this woman walked out of her car. With tears in her eyes she...

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{Thank you}

A break from my regularly scheduled program here.  My husband and I made it official today and purchased the building that has been my studio for the past two and a half years. On a hot Summer Sunday in July in 2007, my husband and I walked around the charming Historic Square in our very...

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{Where did July go}

I have been in M.I.A.  Every night I go to sleep and I think about how I haven’t posted on the blog in such a long time.  I took a couple of trips this month.  First to go see my family and pick up my daughter in Mississippi.  Then we went to Galveston for a...

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{Christmas Week}

I will be out of the studio the week of Christmas to spend time with family and friends.  I wish I could say that I will be taking a break, but the truth is this is a real passion and even when I am away from the studio the wheels are always turning.  There is...

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{Dear Santa}

Dear Santa, Please read carefully.  I would like to have THREE MACS for Christmas.  One for my studio, one laptop, and one so I can work from home.  These three computers must have all new software because my PC software just isn’t compatible.  I have figured this is a $8,000+ request and so I have...

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{Fierce}

We need an intervention.  My daughter and I get hooked on America’s Next Top Model Marathons. She studies the posing and I study the lighting and the photo and clothing tips they give on the show.  On Sundays we hope that one of the stations is showing some episodes.  Most times we are lucky.  So if...

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