We Gather Together

Thankful for my family

My family knows that I'm always looking for design inspiration. Actually, I can't help myself—patterns and colors and textures just jump out at me. So when we paused (in the bright, bright sun—note the hard shadows and intense squints) for a family photo this Thanksgiving, I was taking in the weathering and dirt patterns on the brick of this old mansion outbuilding (is it just me, or are those bricks longer than "normal"?), the splay of the dead vine above the doorway, the relentless creep of the green leaves through any available crevice. There's metaphor in this picture if you look for it.

And I'd be remiss if I didn't comment on how thankful I am for the people God has placed in my life: my wonderful wife, Kim, and my two great kids, Margaret and Cole.