Un gateau, un drapeau, un bateau.... toot toot

what do cake, flags, and boats, have to do with each other? i'm really not sure but the fact she said it everyday with this silly smile on her face made high school French a little easier to take. in those days she was simply known as Madame.

you know how when you're in school it's hard to imagine your teachers as human? like if you see them at the grocery store it seems completely unnatural that they should need milk and eggs. after all don't they live in that classroom, and isn't verb conjugation the only thing that occupies their thoughts?

it is now several years removed and a lot more is on her mind, and i see this woman as everything i didn't see before. it's beautiful to watch her embrace her family in a time of uncertainty and a war for health. beyond human strength. i get to capture her light laughter and wide smile that has graced this family for 38 years. from behind the camera i see a family that walks through whatever happens, together.