w family sneak peek

in college i majored in a million different things, most of them revolving around the humanities. i had all sorts of ideas and dreams; i was gong to to major in art history and go into art restoration and go back to italy and restore old churches. then, i was going to major in american literature and talk about books all day to a group of uninterested college students. then, i was going to major in creative writing and live in a studio apartment in florence with a view of the city and write the next great american novel. then, i majored in cultural anthropology. i was going to study migrant farm workers and their families, i was going to study gamers and their passion for superheroes and elves.

instead, i had ava. and i've had a few creative writing related projects since then, but nothing career wise. ava's my "career", you know? and then seth came along and he "enhanced" my "career". as i've nurtured these small humans into larger humans, i've become fascinated with the family unit. how important is it, really? how does it effect us? what's the best thing to do? what's the worst?

becoming a photographer has allowed me to peek into the windows of other families and their dynamics. to see how other husbands speak to their wives, how other children listen, how other mother's nurture. some experiences are crazy and leave feeling so grateful for the mildness of my own family members, some make me wish that we were something more: loving, quiet, active, etc.

this family, the "w" family, was a good family. they were happy and funny and gentle and god sports. i enjoyed my view from my window into their lives while it lasted and i hope to hear from them again.