Posted by Chris H. on July 5, 2009
My wife, Jennifer, posted an Erma Bombeck quotation this morning which points out one of the many reasons this is a great country. “You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness.” This is how we began our Independence Day celebration.
We honored the flag…
While our chefs finished cooking breakfast…
Which we all enjoyed, from grandchildren…
To grandparents.
We honored our veterans from the greatest generation…
And were moved by a letter written by a young soldier in Afghanistan and read by his dad.
We gathered as husbands…
and wives….
as scout leaders…
and neighbors…
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as mothers who love their sons…
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and dads who love their daughters…
and as children, playful…
observant…
pensive…
joyful…
and patriotic.
And then, with parents gathered in eager anticipation…
We had a parade.
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It’s a tumultuous world and we live in trying times. But some things remain constant. I’m grateful for family and friends, and for a great, blessed country that, despite her occasional stumbles, has a generous and courageous heart.
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Posted by Chris H. on February 27, 2009
This beautiful little girl, the youngest daughter in a family I photographed recently, was a natural in front of the camera. Completely unselfconscious, eager to be directed, able to smile on demand, a total sweetheart. And yet another reminder of why I love my job.
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Posted by Chris H. on August 31, 2008
On his way to school, a boy passes this dulceria in downtown Mesa. Not yet opened for the day. Bummer.
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Posted by Chris H. on July 14, 2008
Jumping off the dock into Lake Gaston in North Carolina. Near dusk on a summer day.
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Posted by Chris H. on June 27, 2008
I was struck by the image of this little girl, sitting alone in the cafe at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, anxiously waiting for her mom to return with lunch. Notice the tension – feet tucked underneath her, hands holding tightly to the chair, head turned watchfully as she waits.
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Posted by Chris H. on June 6, 2008
Early summer in Santa Cruz. Sandwiches and s’mores on the beach with family and friends. A chilly breeze off the ocean. And a kite.
We’re fighting a war most of us don’t understand in which more than 4,000 mostly young American men and women have died and countless more young Iraqis. We live in fear of terrorists, our economy at times seems precariously on the edge of collapse, we sue each other over the smallest perceived slights.
It’s good sometimes to go to the beach and watch a little boy fly a kite.
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