Good Morning CEM!
editor’s note – sorry for the tardiness of my post! There have been a lot of power outages in Andhra Pradesh due to a coal strike and the internet has been pretty spotty! It’s just after 5am on Monday here at CEM, and call to prayer from the mosque nearby cut quietly through the heavy […]
Wheels Up for India
Today is the day I’ve been anticipating (and dreading) for months now. Jocelyn and I prayed and talked together in February after Julia got out of the hospital, and we agreed that I needed to think about re-connecting with our friends in India. Back in early 2002, I was in the middle of my transition […]
India Through the Lens
I’m getting ready to go to India in less than a week. I gotta get my stuff together: Shaving Kit… Check. Protein Bars… Check. Several Breathable Shirts… Check. Thirty Pounds of Camera Equipment… What? I have a confession to make to you, even though we’ve only just met: I have an addiction. It began almost […]
A Year With Julia
At 6:10pm one year ago today, Julia Paige Cook first drew breath on this good earth. For all of you who have been following our story and praying so faithfully, we have a little video postcard of the last year. Please settle back and celebrate with us! But that’s not all we have to celebrate […]
Bring It + 365
It was a warm Sunday afternoon a year ago that I settled into the comfortable chair in my daughter’s as yet unoccupied nursery to begin the adventure in words and pictures that you see before you. After recounting the challenges we had seen in the months before and those in the future that seemed to […]
Photo Shoot for My Favorite Family
Christian spent the first nine months of his life in a hospital, but now this little boy is completely free of tubes, wires and monitors and his family wanted to celebrate with a portrait shoot.
Great News from Dr. Weinhouse
Many of you remember the experiment we entered into a few months ago when Dr. Weinhouse, Julia’s cardiologist, took her off of her heart medicine. He decided to see her again at the end of the summer instead of the customary six months, just to make sure that his decision was a good one. We […]
An Eleven Month Dream Cruise
It’s been eleven months to the day since this little bundle came into our lives, and what better way to celebrate than the Woodward Dream Cruise! Now I know that most of you want the picture of Julia. Don’t worry, it’s coming. But you need to understand what cars are to the Motor City. Nearly […]
An Unexpected Trap
It fell just a tiny bit more into place just the other day. The reality of what is before us came a little bit more into focus. It started innocently enough – I was picking up Julia from daycare. 4:30pm is the time when all of the parents converge and the room is always a […]
Quiet Moment
I caught these of my wife and daughter on vacation as they were getting ready for bed. This was all available light and a long lens so I didn’t intrude on the tenderness of the scene. It wasn’t long before they noticed me clicking away, though. Enjoy!