What do Teachers and Photographers Have in Common?

Yes, I lead a double life.

one of my 5th grade students rocks out on the drums

I'm a teacher AND a photographer.

I'm passionately living my dream of teaching math to students with learning differences and of photographing children, including those with exceptional needs (in Austin, my favorite city, no less).  Not to mention my glorious (but messy, and loud) home-life as a mother of three little boys.  My life is full and fulfilling.

So the question is, what do successful teachers and successful photographers have in common?

Metal Floats

Daddin' it Up

My grandmother's friend, Dion McInnis, wrote a book called Daddin': the Verb of Being a Dad. It's a loving, thoughtful book about the joyful journey of fatherhood, and I just love the idea of daddin' as a verb to balance out mothering. So, I'd like to take a minute to spotlight some guys in the act of Daddin'. Expectant fathers, watchful dads, playful papas...

Hands & Heart

Hands speak volumes... what do you think of when you think of your Mama's hands? Your husbands hands? Your child's hands? Eyes may be the window to the soul, but hands whisper secrets from the heart.