by Lauren Neal | Mar 18, 2020 | BLOG, FAMILIES & MOTHERHOOD
FollowFollowFollow The Charles’: A Brooklyn Family Session In the summer of 2017, I met Alexa, just around my birthday in June. I remember the date specifically because she was preparing to head back to New York for her wedding and I had just started working at...
by Lauren Neal | Jan 23, 2020 | BLOG, FAMILIES & MOTHERHOOD
FollowFollowFollow The Jean Baptiste’s: A New Mexico Family Session Justine is unapologetically herself. It’s one of the qualities I admire most about her. And perhaps what makes her feel so safe. Because she isn’t afraid to hide who she is or who she’s not,...
by Lauren Neal | Jan 19, 2020 | BLOG, FAMILIES & MOTHERHOOD
FollowFollowFollow The Julio’s: A Palm Springs Family Session It had been nearly six years since I’d seen these two. And in that span of time, they’ve become husband and wife, co-parents to their daughter, Elin, more successful in their entrepreneurial...
by Lauren Neal | Sep 25, 2019 | BLOG, FAMILIES & MOTHERHOOD
FollowFollowFollow The Bucher’s: A Minnesota Maternity Session Five years ago, I hugged these two goodbye as they packed up their life in Haiti to return to small town Minnesota to grow their family. Up until then, we had shared every day of eight months...
by Lauren Neal | Aug 8, 2019 | BLOG, FAMILIES & MOTHERHOOD
FollowFollowFollow The Schultz Family I first met Nick and Laurie when I was in elementary school. They had just been introduced to the church as the newest additions to the youth group’s leadership team. I remember anxiously awaiting the day that I would be a...
by Lauren Neal | Apr 24, 2019 | BLOG, FAMILIES & MOTHERHOOD
FollowFollowFollow Grief & Restoration I sit at my desk, bothered by the stagnancy of this space. My concentration is lost; my thoughts, scattered; my heart, shattered. I stare at the screen, the long list of to-do’s grappling with my attention. Yet, all I can do...
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