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May 2025

The Stork and the Beanstalk

A Mother's Journal

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A photo journal comprised of my thoughts on motherhood and other life happenings, as well
as some of professional work as a photographer. Southern California is home.

May 2025

The Stork and the Beanstalk

A Mother's Journal

San Francisco 2021

by Ashley filed under Alanon, Dad, Healing, Travel
07.05.2022

I’m 41 years old today. I feel indifferent, which is how I feel most every year on my birthday. This year, I’m excusing that feeling knowing that this time, last year, I was racing home in hopes of getting to say goodbye to my dad for the last time. In recovery we learn about God’s…

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Maui 2021

by Ashley filed under Travel
07.02.202208.15.2022

  This time, last year | Maui 2021 A Collection of images.  

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Southwestern Road Trip, 2020

by Ashley filed under Alanon, Divorce, Family, Travel
12.02.202112.02.2021

  It’s hard for me to keep up with this space even though my heart lives and beats in these posts. I can scroll back and see my story unfolding, my evolution and it keeps me going. I often find myself reflecting back as finding the time to write in the moment is a luxury…

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Truth

by Ashley filed under Divorce
11.02.2021

“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift.” — Mary Oliver

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40, A Reflection…

by Ashley filed under Ashley, Motherhood
10.27.2021

Society has told me that this is the age I need to fear, the age when I need to start investing in “anti-aging” (as if that’s an actual thing), the age when things start heading downhill, the age when we wish we were young again, the age of midlife crises when some of us may…

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