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04/04/2026

We had so many complex, layered feelings around this trip but firstly and most importantly, gratitude always.

Remy was able to have a Make-A-Wish, (another thing I never imagined happening in our lives) and after a long time in the making, Remy’s wish to ride an alicorn (😂😅) evolved into a week long trip to Disney World.

It was A LOT, but simply having our baby girl here, with hair and a smile - it means more than I can ever put into words.

We’re so thankful to and - such a wholesome, caring and special place I never could have imagined existing.

I’m not sure how to end this post other than what I feel every day - that I just love our babies beyond measure and each day we are here on this earth is a gift.

12/25/2025

Last year I genuinely thought it would be Remy’s 4th and last Christmas.

Diagnosed earlier that month with a 1 in a literal 1,000,000 rare and aggressive cancer in her face… everything felt completely hopeless. We were trapped in a pit of despair (that for her sake) we still had to package with Christmas wrapping. Every day since 12/3/2024, we’d switch off to cry in different rooms so she wouldn’t see us falling apart. I’d save my tears for when I’d be nursing 2 month old Otis while grieving a life that was now gone forever.

Her hair started falling out in clumps on Christmas Eve and we scrambled to sn**ch them away before she could see the piles on her pillow or floating off her shoulders trailing around the house. We told her that she’d lose her hair the day after Christmas so at least that wouldn’t be the Christmas memory. Who knows if it worked but we tried.

To be able to look back on the holidays of last year as something in the past, to see her still here now, hair growing back looking little like baby Eleven… it feels like a miracle. But I don’t thank God, I thank science. (PLEASE support cancer research and vote for the politicians who do too). I thank our friends and family who showed up for us time and time again. I thank our healthcare team, who were once strangers but now are part of us forever. We wouldn’t be here without them.

I think of the innocent little ones who aren’t here this year. Children persecuted, children starved. Children who won their battle with cancer only through death. Little girls who went to camp and never came home. Children killed because some Americans would rather have “freedom” than a child alive. Any innocent child needlessly suffering is a crime and we as a society can do so much better.

Life is a gift. Our kids are a gift. Truly cherish the ones you love and Happy Holidays. ❤️

12/07/2025

First and most importantly - first CLEAR SCANS since the end of active treatment!!! 😭🥹🥲

And now more backstory - I know I don’t have to but I do feel the need to apologize for being a bit more distant from friends, family and clients lately. We came back from Thanksgiving in Mexico and rushed straight into prep for Remy’s first scans since active treatment. I was under water with anxiety, parenting, work and life in general but I also simultaneously got mastitis and this time around has hit me the hardest ever.

I still feel like I can’t think straight but hoping these antibiotics do their job. I will do my best to get back to everyone asap and keep editing as quickly but still as responsibly as I can.

For now, last little bits of Mexico, J’s birthday and a few other moments at home. ❤️ In my antibiotic and pain killer stupor last night, I still sobbed with joy watching Remy sleep. We’ve gotten a few more months of peace and such a different December than last year.

Life is SUCH a gift.

11/07/2025

A sweet family photo session in Golden Gate Park 🤍💜 I mean… the matching sweaters!!! 😍

While in the midst of trying to process the last year of our lives, getting accustomed to being a kindergarten parent at a new school, editing editing and more editing, I am also slowly going through the tons of sessions and weddings that never made it to the grid.

I feel like I took these photos yesterday in some ways but also a lifetime ago in other ways. This family session was crazy special (love you Alyssa!) and I’m so excited to see so many families this month. Oh, and raise your hand if you need Alyssa to drop the links for these matching sweaters! 🙋🏻‍♀️

11/03/2025

Ahhhh it’s November!! 🤪 And I have done a terrible job at marketing bc honestly who has the time?! If you’re like me and feel a bit coo-coo bananas with how fast time is moving but would still like to freeze some memories or send out a holiday card, then snag one of the last mini sessions I have this month. Or idk, share this with a partner who needs a little nudge? 🤷🏻‍♀️👀 Photos are one of those things that get more valuable with time my friends!

10/27/2025

Because our kids won’t stop growing 🥲 I have a couple spots left for my easy, breezy mini sessions this year (the only ones I’ll be offering for the holiday season while I ease back into work).

Two locations to choose from - Golden Gate Park or the Golden Gate Bridge. 15 min, you choose your favorites! and I’m only getting better at making immediate best friends with your kids 😉 But couples or parents to be, I will be your friend too!💛

Booking links and all info in my bio and under the highlights.
Xoxo!

09/27/2025

It still doesn’t feel real. My nervous system doesn’t believe it’s true but after spending the entire day in the hospital last Friday, Remy’s MRI and CT scans are negative. Yesterday in our appointment with our Pediatric Oncologist after being in complete shock and denial for a week, I asked him verbatim - “Is Remy technically in remission?” He said, “Susie, I’m going to take the “technically” out of it. Remy is in remission.”

Clear scans. No evidence of disease. Remy is in remission.

Still just typing the words make my heart skip a beat. Or 10. Remission doesn’t mean things go back to normal. Remission doesn’t mean a relapse can’t happen (and the possibility of this will haunt us forever) but for now, our baby girl is okay.

Remy completed a 43 week cancer treatment regimen designed for adults because pediatric cancer research only gets 4% of the total federal cancer research budget and Tr🤡mp wants to cut this even further.

She endured unimaginable suffering and trauma that will last her lifetime. The smaller patient population for childhood cancers makes them less profitable for pharmaceutical companies to invest in compared to adult cancers so the most innocent and vulnerable little humans suffer in ways most adults can’t even imagine.

I have a year’s worth of thoughts, facts, trauma, experience and pain that I want to share with the world because this cause is now one of the pillars of my identity but for now, Jeremy and I want to hold onto this moment. Life is so fu***ng precious, you guys. Never, ever take it for granted.

09/02/2025

I am tired of letting perfection be the enemy of progress (aka posting paralysis) so here I am not overthinking it and posting some pics of my kids.

07/08/2025

Getting to spend quality time with this family for the 3rd year in a row was such a special way to ease back into work 🌿 It’s also weird to call it work because I love what I do and have missed it so much. Being able to think about something other than our reality at home is deeply therapeutic and I’m so grateful to Katie, Michael and their lovely kids. Also I low-key want to brag that I got to hold both of their babies fresh out of the oven and its such an honor 🥹 Welcome to the most wonderful family lil Charlie girl!

06/22/2025

Life has felt unbearable lately. Between the state of the world and our personal lives, it’s so hard to stay optimistic. Remy finished big chemo #10 yesterday and we’re all feeling so defeated in different ways, while simultaneously feeling like there is so much longer to go.

So, in an effort to boost my serotonin, here are some recent moments that make me smile, like Remy pushing Otis in his first swing, our first “trip” in almost a year, first pizza and just general moments of calm and joy.

Yesterday, when we were being discharged, they were setting up for a bell ringing (for cancer muggles this celebration means the patient is done with active treatment) and the mom of the little boy came over, gave us a hug and said “be encouraged.” It was so meaningful and emotional for Jeremy and me and felt like such wise words. So, even though things might feel bleak, I urge you (and myself) to be encouraged. 🌈

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