“Life is not tried it is merely survived If you’re standing outside the fire” – Garth Brooks Brownie points if you understood the title of this blog without the little quote above. 🙂 Anyways…this training ranks easily in my top 5 most exciting ever! While I stayed safely outside the fire, Polish, Italian and Portuguese Soldiers […]

Pfc. Shenequa Richards- U.S. Army Soldier, loving cousin and daughter, devout to her Faith and self Let me just say, my roommate is gorgeous! Richards is probably one of the youngest Soldiers in our battle group and I’m pretty sure she is like everyone’s kid sister. We all love her to death! This is her […]

I love snail mail! It is so exciting when I get an actual letter or postcard in the mail. Basic was great because I had so many supportive letters from friends and family. My first piece of mail here was a letter form my cousin (who is in the Coast Guard Academy!) Every card I […]

Sgt. Joshua Stoffregen- a U.S. Army Soldier, a father to his 9-year-old son Daymien and a handy-man with cars. I chose Sto to be the first in my Soldier’s Series for many reasons. He’s a great noncommissioned officer, leader and Soldier. He is a broadcaster in my unit and has only been in this career […]

I love my job. Stop laughing, I mean it! Where else would I get paid to hang out the side of a helicopter and take photos of men from several different countries training together. Add a beautiful blue sky, huge white puffy clouds and a gentle breeze and it’s perfect. While my mom may have […]

I may be a little biased because Josh is a coworker of mine and a good friend, but this session is one of my favorites to date. Josh is an Active Duty Soldier at Fort Hood, Texas. His son, Daymien, lives in Illinois with his mother. We did this session the afternoon after Thanksgiving because […]

Here it is. After months of planning it, talking about it, debating it and procrastinating it, here it is. My first blog. I can’t tell you how many drafts to this I’ve written, how many ideas I thought would be fitting for my first time. But when it came down to it, I decided to […]