Celebrating Life

Recently a sweet friend of mine died suddenly and totally unexpectedly. She was only a few years older than me and had no signs of health problems. I have so many thoughts and feelings about her death but cannot properly articulate them, so I’ll just say she was an amazing woman and I will miss […]

Let me introduce myself…

Everyday Elements now has a Canon contributor! The amazing Andrea will be sharing tips and tricks about Canon once a month and I’m thrilled she’s with us! Hi! It’s nice to meet you. I’m Andrea. I am a wife to my high school sweetheart and a mother to an adorably rambunctious 4 year old boy. […]

Super Woman I am Not

Keeping Things Real More times than I like I get the question “how do you do it all?” I don’t. I really don’t. Some have said that I’m their hero because of all I do. This bothers me because I feel like it sets up a false standard which other women will compare themselves. I […]

Home from New York City

I have been missing-in-action for a while from the blog and Facebook, but for a good reason: I traveled to New York City to be part of The Blographer Event, put on by Adorama, and then to attend one day of the BlogHer 2012 blog conference. Our family was split in three groups for the […]