I believe I have always had the desire to document life experiences. This was especially true when I had my first child. After my babies were born, I have wrote in their diary's and documented their lives for them and continue to do so today. I have four children and three of them are grown up and out of the house with my youngest soon to follow.
Knowing that I would eventually have to let them go, I had to begin to take a look at myself, the letting go part was and is still so difficult when I think about it and what I have been through to let go of my older children  it makes me very emotional! Ahhh this has become a very hard lesson in life, which has taken me many years to come to terms with and I am still struggling with it!!! . So to keep me occupied, in 1997 I began volunteering my first experience was with The Child Crisis Center which lead me to become a certified birth doula. I love being a Mom and loved having babies, so this was a wonderful way to help other families during one of  the most favorite times in my life!
During my work as a doula, I began photographing the beautiful pregnant women I met and documenting this special time in their lives. I also trained and assisted with a photographer who did many high profile celebrity weddings and learned what I needed to know about photography doing many weddings along with pregnancy photography. I love it and have continued to focus on bellies, birth and babies ever since!
Then I began volunteering for hospice in 2004. I loved being with people as they brought life into this world and have always been curious about what happens when we die. I went through all the training and read a lot of books on the subject of dying but nothing compares to sitting with a person and their family during this time of passage. I have met many people and have had many memorable moments that will always be a very special part of my life. And again learning to let go is still one of the hardest things I face, with my children and with the people I help doing the work I love. I thank all of them for allowing me to become who I am through helping them through some of the most transformational and significant times in their lives.