Katie SwiftPHOTOGRAPHER
Everyone needs friends like Joel and Becky. Friends who send quirky Christmas cards featuring dumpsters and lumberjacks. Friends who feed their children liver popsicles and caviar. Old friends who stay in touch- who live even more Midwestern than Ohio…Nebraska! This summer, we had the privilege of spending the 4th of July with their growing family in their new...
The last time I heard Bobby’s voice was on the phone. He called me about the logo I was working on for him. My brother was planning on opening up his own hardscaping business this spring. He wanted the “C” in Caldwell just right. We talked for a few minutes about the logo and then spent...
This summer we explored Ohio’s coastline (yes there is such a thing). We traveled up instead of down and found ourselves a beach to play in. Because all we really need is water. The sound of waves and children splashing. Rocks to stack and skip, sand to squish and a sunset to sit under…
Josh finally took me to Monterey. If you’ve known us a long time, you understand how patient I’ve been. But the wait was worth it and if eleven years of marriage took us to Monterey, I wonder where 22 years will take us? Thanks for taking me to cool places babe…NorCal rules!
The truth is, I don’t want to take pictures of you and your trendy family in a field somewhere. Not that there’s anything wrong with fashion and fields but it doesn’t say anything about who you are. If anything, your hip, hair blowing in the wind, gracefully gliding through tall grasses family does nothing but...
Recently, I entered a writing contest and didn’t win. I didn’t even place actually. Last week when I opened the thanks for entering… email my first feeling was surprise. (I really thought I had a chance) and then, shame. I thought of all the people I had to tell and I started to feel sick. I...
Today I am thinking about Ed, maybe because it’s Tuesday. It was a Tuesday when I opened that door a few years ago. There was a knock and dogs barking and the police officer who hung his head. My father inlaw was 56 years old when he had a heart attack walking to his car....
After New Year’s, we dragged up boxes from the basement. Boxes cramped and overflowing with all the kid’s papers and projects. Sunday school scribbles, glittered ABC’s, macaroni necklaces, wallet sized photos we forgot to hand out. Math quizzes, birthday cards, drawings I labeled and dated before the kids could do it themselves. I’d thrown nothing...
As the new year approaches I am reflecting on 2015 via Instagram and Facebook timelines. And I am lol’ing at this e-card my sister in-law shared: And of course I’d like to think this isn’t true. I’d like to think that all my goals and prayers and al-anon meetings have done some kind of dent....
This year makes ten. Ten years of I do’s and I don’ts and I probably should anyways. The longer we are married the more a mystery it becomes. Love. Romance. Destiny. Soulmates. Were we really created for each other? Is there some sort of magic between us that promises a happy ending? Maybe, but its...
Today we celebrate 60 years of Sally. 36 years of Mom. 16 years of Nana. The years keep count but the soul can’t be measured. But it can be honored, and so it should be. This year we honored Mom with cupcakes, daisies and surprise. At a small neighborhood park in Bellbrook, Ohio balloons...
We spent our Memorial day weekend at Fort Fisher AF Recreation Area in Kure Beach, North Carolina. This was our 3rd Memorial day at Fort Fisher. It just feels right spending the holiday roasting s’mores and sporting dirty feet with a bunch of military families. (Even if the dogs drive us crazy and the...
The first time I met my neighbor, Mary, was in the backyard. It was winter, grey and cold. We talked over the fence and I found out that Mary and her husband Jeremy had recently moved back to Ohio from Florida. When I asked her why, she told me with a wink in her voice,...
When I was 5 years old I jumped into a hole that I couldn’t get out of. The fire truck had to come and my mom brought me Kool-aid. I don’t remember jumping or sirens or even being scared. I just remember Kool-aid. And my mom, long legged and unsure of what to do. And...
When we get a snow day… the pond freezes over… and there’s no ice skating allowed… (or swimming) there’s only one thing left to do…
We all partied pretty hard last night… So we rang in the New Year with lazy laying, and puppy snuggles. Not all of us were as worn out as the dogs. While Jonah ninja’d all those leftover balloons, David perfected his smile… Here’s to a fresh and clean 2015!
On Sunday we remembered Ed. It’s been a year since he left us and we’ve had much time to think. Of bear hugs and feathers and saved stories. Regrets and I wish I would’ve told yous. There’s always more to say. So we sent him messages via helium and sky. Ink on paper squares rolled up...
Aubrey Elizabeth on her 4th birthday. (I want to take pictures of all my friends babies…wouldn’t you?)
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