there are way too many images in this post, but I feel so emotionally charged + connected by every couple, family + space I was invited into this year, I found it difficult to reduce the collection to what you're about to see.
2017 was many things to many people -- heartbreak, love, disappointment, grief, celebration, joy, sorrow, reckoning, jubilee, grace + contentment. I kept saying all year, "2017 cracked us all wide open." Whether politically, personally, physically, emotionally -- 2017 has forever changed the shape of my heart. Despite and because of this year, I further affirm my desires to live with my hands open and ready to embrace and accept all forms of love, friendship + community. That hands open approach has connected me in such a deep + meaningful way with so many people this year.
Some of my favorite moments of this year //
- Becoming an Auntie [ + Godmother ] to sweet Lizzy Girl
- Reading 1 book every month of the year, sometimes more than one!
- 2am swim after Melissa + Jason's wedding in Mexico
- Bagpipe processional at Chanel + Piper's wedding
- Walking the streets with Kasual Kyle in San Francisco
- Estes Park drive with a Sharpei Pug + her mama
- Palm Spring boujee-ness with the Blascoe's
- Traipsing through Iceland, car breaking down at a glacier + 500E speeding ticket
- Dancing into the night in Italy while smoking thin cigarettes + giving embrassing toasts + Nathan and Jenna's wedding
- Eric shooting a shotgun to welcome everyone into dinner in Steamboat
- Watching Marisa's dad smile as he watched her marry Melissa
- Driving through Moab and climbing beautiful red rocks with Erin + Blake
- Watching a dad with dementia walk his beautiful daughter down the aisle
- Seeing greek cousins do a rap ballad for the bride
- Crawling on the rocks of Maine with a lighthouse in the distance
- Sam + Ellie dancing under a single string of lights + a million stars in the sky
- Celebrating Whitney + Danny in a cloud at Crested Butte
- Changing my first tire with my sister, Alyssa in the middle of nowhere Colorado
- Learning how to roll a cigar in Vinales, Cuba
- Climbing on a horse + conquering fears in Cuba
- Supporting my badass friends who follow their dreams + start businesses
- Climbing big mountains in Sedona
- Strengthening sense of place + home in Milwaukee
- Laughing more, trusting more, giving more, healing more
- Crying at every. single. wedding. I'm not kidding.
- Taking charge more, apologizing less for being a woman + taking up space
- Doing the Women's March
- My first ride in a private jet
- Playing more, posing less
- Investing is high quality, full contact love family sessions
- Savoring more sunsets + seeing more sunrises
- Stopping to pet all the dogs
- Learning how to make a decent latte for myself
- Raquel + Greg dance entrance in Brooklyn
- Julia walking down the aisle to Chance the Rapper + everyone applauding so loud you could barely hear it [ and then sobbing immediately ]
- Kyle's face when he saw Molly for the first time
- Watching a widower find love again
- Seeing my best friends become parents, foster parents + adopted parents
- Meeting this girl named Erin who has changed all opinions about love
- Helping my sister adopt a dog that was dumped in Missouri
- Watching Tilly May in a Holiday Commercial
- Being apart of saving so many pups through Underdogs
- Doing the 1st Annual Holiday Fundraiser to save pups, adopt families + support homeless veterans
- ACHIEVING EVERY SINGLE GOAL ON MY PROFESSIONAL GOAL LIST! [ 2 YEARS IN A ROW! ]
best of 2017 | savor
there are way too many images in this post, but I feel so emotionally charged + connected by every couple, family + space I was invited into this year, I found it difficult to reduce the collection to what you're about to see.
2017 was many things to many people -- heartbreak, love, disappointment, grief, celebration, joy, sorrow, reckoning, jubilee, grace + contentment. I kept saying all year, "2017 cracked us all wide open." Whether politically, personally, physically, emotionally -- 2017 has forever changed the shape of my heart. Despite and because of this year, I further affirm my desires to live with my hands open and ready to embrace and accept all forms of love, friendship + community. That hands open approach has connected me in such a deep + meaningful way with so many people this year.
Some of my favorite moments of this year //
- Becoming an Auntie [ + Godmother ] to sweet Lizzy Girl
- Reading 1 book every month of the year, sometimes more than one!
- 2am swim after Melissa + Jason's wedding in Mexico
- Bagpipe processional at Chanel + Piper's wedding
- Walking the streets with Kasual Kyle in San Francisco
- Estes Park drive with a Sharpei Pug + her mama
- Palm Spring boujee-ness with the Blascoe's
- Traipsing through Iceland, car breaking down at a glacier + 500E speeding ticket
- Dancing into the night in Italy while smoking thin cigarettes + giving embrassing toasts + Nathan and Jenna's wedding
- Eric shooting a shotgun to welcome everyone into dinner in Steamboat
- Watching Marisa's dad smile as he watched her marry Melissa
- Driving through Moab and climbing beautiful red rocks with Erin + Blake
- Watching a dad with dementia walk his beautiful daughter down the aisle
- Seeing greek cousins do a rap ballad for the bride
- Crawling on the rocks of Maine with a lighthouse in the distance
- Sam + Ellie dancing under a single string of lights + a million stars in the sky
- Celebrating Whitney + Danny in a cloud at Crested Butte
- Changing my first tire with my sister, Alyssa in the middle of nowhere Colorado
- Learning how to roll a cigar in Vinales, Cuba
- Climbing on a horse + conquering fears in Cuba
- Supporting my badass friends who follow their dreams + start businesses
- Climbing big mountains in Sedona
- Strengthening sense of place + home in Milwaukee
- Laughing more, trusting more, giving more, healing more
- Crying at every. single. wedding. I'm not kidding.
- Taking charge more, apologizing less for being a woman + taking up space
- Doing the Women's March
- My first ride in a private jet
- Playing more, posing less
- Investing is high quality, full contact love family sessions
- Savoring more sunsets + seeing more sunrises
- Stopping to pet all the dogs
- Learning how to make a decent latte for myself
- Raquel + Greg dance entrance in Brooklyn
- Julia walking down the aisle to Chance the Rapper + everyone applauding so loud you could barely hear it [ and then sobbing immediately ]
- Kyle's face when he saw Molly for the first time
- Watching a widower find love again
- Seeing my best friends become parents, foster parents + adopted parents
- Meeting this girl named Erin who has changed all opinions about love
- Helping my sister adopt a dog that was dumped in Missouri
- Watching Tilly May in a Holiday Commercial
- Being apart of saving so many pups through Underdogs
- Doing the 1st Annual Holiday Fundraiser to save pups, adopt families + support homeless veterans
- ACHIEVING EVERY SINGLE GOAL ON MY PROFESSIONAL GOAL LIST! [ 2 YEARS IN A ROW! ]