Good Sports
I’ve never been a huge fan of sports. I played soccer and participated in swimming and diving for a small part of my life, got really into football during my time at Texas A&M University, and above all, I love… Read More »Good Sports
Being a mom and entrepreneur is actually pretty hard
Nobody told me this would be hard… is what I would say if nobody told me this would be hard. But everybody told me this would be hard. Being a mom is hard. Being a mom and an entrepreneur is… Read More »Being a mom and entrepreneur is actually pretty hard
More On Education
I have been waffling on whether I believe everyone should go to college. For most of my life, I believed everybody should at least try to go to college, that to achieve enough academic success to have the most degrees… Read More »More On Education
Education, Workshops & Multi-Level Marketing
I started getting serious about being a photographer in 2012. I learned how to use my camera, did some photos of a few friends, Ben, and some travels, and felt like I had “the eye” for photography very quickly. I… Read More »Education, Workshops & Multi-Level Marketing
It’s just a medium
In 2014, I sat in the corner of our cream-twill Pottery Barn sectional and insisted that if I just had a Contax 645, my photography would suddenly be better. The inquiries would start flowing, and I would have a booming… Read More »It’s just a medium
There might be wolves
There was a time, not too long ago, when unpaid wedding editorials were a thing. And when I say, they were a thing, I mean, it was almost a must that you did them to boost your portfolio, especially if… Read More »There might be wolves
I have a soundtrack to my life.
I always have a song stuck in my head. It usually coincides with my mood or with whatever I’m doing at that moment. I like to call it “the soundtrack to my life”, and I am convinced that it is… Read More »I have a soundtrack to my life.
Don’t grow Up
I sit on the couch, my legs crossed, Henry in my lap. Sofie is dancing circles around the living room. It’s past her bedtime. But I’m not ready for her to go to bed yet. Thom Yorke’s “Suspirium” is playing… Read More »Don’t grow Up
Pandemic Days
The day I went in for my first ultrasound with Henry was the day the first patient died in Washington at the hospital where I had given birth to Sofie and planned to give birth to Henry. I didn’t know… Read More »Pandemic Days
The plucking vortex
When a Persian woman goes into the bathroom or sees a mirror, she will more than likely notice a stray eyebrow hair. This is inevitable, considering that Persian women spend much of their lives working on the shape of their… Read More »The plucking vortex