by Melissa | Feb 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
I’ve stood behind a camera well over 35 times capturing an engagement or a wedding day. I’ve hidden behind bushes, ducked around the other side of a rock on the beach, sprinted across a field to congratulate the new couple and rejoice in the moments...
by Melissa | Dec 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
2018 was one of those years that felt certain and then chaotic and then certain and then chaotic. If you’d asked me on January 1 where I’d be, I could have told you. I would have imagined myself in Nashville or Boston. I would have seen myself in a...
by Melissa | Aug 11, 2018 | Uncategorized
“When you find contentment, you will find love.” “When you stop trying, that’s when you’ll get pregnant.” “Let go and let God.” We hear these phrases come out of well-meaning mouths often. They’re trying to remind us that it’s a journey, not a destination and...
by Melissa | May 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
Last night, I found myself on the edge of the water by a field in Silverdale, Washington, walking with a dear friend. We met one another back on the East Coast when her husband and I were in seminary. We were fast friends and she was a stellar hair stylist, so she...
by Melissa | Mar 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
So, it’s Lent. Winter is slowly giving way to Spring and we’re met with snow on Monday and rain on Tuesday and sun on Wednesday. This is an insane time of year and somehow it feels just about right for this season of discipline and fasting. When it came to...
