I always have a good time being surrounded by beautiful and well-cared for babies and toddlers. I get to witness their mothers learning new parenting skills at a time in life when a child's neurological development is rapid and significant.
Heidi and Aalyiah (4 months old)
Heidi says one of Aalyiah's favorite things to do is to play on her play mat.
Heidi delighting in her infant.
About Addictions
"I’m in treatment and I’m so glad that I did it. I’m realizing the things that brought me to my addiction and a lot of it stems from my rape by my uncle when I was sixteen. Going to counseling has been a struggle. It’s bringing up some feelings that I’ve kept hidden. I’m trying to realize that it happened and I’ll never forget it but I need to start getting over it because I haven’t. I will probably never really get over it, but I dwell on it a lot so I’m trying not to.
"I let it consume me and I need to stop. That’s one thing I need to work on. I’m doing IOP (Intensive Out-Patient) now and when I get out, I’ll do both counseling with my counselor and outpatient treatment.
"My counselor did an assignment on triggers – and a lot of my triggers are when I think about that. So, I when I think about it, I try to numb the pain. We watched a video on meth the other day. I learned that meth doesn’t numb the pain. I thought I was numbing it but I was just making the issue worse by getting high. It’s crazy. I’m in prison for possession of meth."
This image dramatizes the fact that pregnancy and childbirth in developing countries is a woman’s “war zone” where outcomes are uncertain and disability or death are very real possibilities.
Read MoreWelcome to my website! It is a long time coming but finally, I have some representation of my work that I feel good about. I’m releasing some of my favorite images out to the world.
This is a site I can work with – add and subtract, multiply and divide. Future work will include silver gelatin favorites, some alternative processes, and iPhone entertainment. But for now, I’m content. Let me know (kindly) what improvements I should consider. And, thank you for stopping by.
