Meet Anaïs Joy. The first two images were taken at 7 days old, as is the last one. Mom looks so peaceful & calm. The image of her close up was taken at the hospital, i couldn’t believe how alert & bright eyed she was…must be smart, no doubt she inherited this from her two…
Category: parenting
my Bat Mitzvah speech to my daughter
Most people fall into categories to define who they are. I believe it is my nature to try to simplify my life by putting labels on things and on people. I tried to do so with you. When you were 2, I once watched you stack your wooden blocks into towers, red up, animals…
what to do with my kids over summer break
i have an 11 year old son & a 13 year old daughter. if they had their way, they would be hermits…hermits hiding their rooms, with their brains dripping out their ears from too much internet. i made up a schedule of things that GOING TO HAPPEN everyday. one hour at least outside (yes, a…
Summer Vacation project! Decorating birdhouses with your kids
a fun art project to do with your kids. the unfinished birdhouses can be found at craft stores. if you have beautiful paper you’ve been saving for ‘something’ this is a great way to use it. these birdhouses can be nailed to a tree, or you can use a drill with a long bit, to…
the children’s (Passover) table
My children’s table for ages 4-9. I decorate with frogs, but no water in the finger bowls (they would become ponds for said frogs in which to swim). I put inexpensive wine glasses for their grape juice. A Seder can last hours. But not when you have young children. The Passover Seder is a…
parenting toddlers does end. and it is brutal.
Sometimes I find old photographs of my children & my heart aches for the day when they were taken. If I had a time machine, I would go back to the days when they were mine. My children are older now & have little use for me. I am upset for not loving my life…
peace changes like the wind
Maybe if i remembered that emotions, hormones, seasons, money, children, sleep are always changing, i can learn to change with them, or at least, remind myself to bend a little more. is time the constant & always marches on? No, i don’t think so… time can drag, it can pass us by, we can run…
predators abound
I’m a photographer. I love taking photographs of people more then anything else. I do not ask, nor post, any photographs of the people I shoot. On a few occasions, my daughters have dressed up for a dance. Stunning changes occur…sparkly dresses, jewelry, makeup, hair done, they look like super models. Super models to me…
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