My 45 favorite personal experiences of 2025 (with photographic evidence)

in no particular order...except for the first one <3

Karim and me, Barbados, July 2025

Hanging out with my boo Karim anywhere at anytime

Acquiring my first bike since NYC back in the day and riding it many places (RIP “Steve” shown here; my new bike Dirk is getting along fine and has not yet been stolen)

Starting and keeping my Baltimore gals photo group

Resurrecting embarrassing pictures of myself from the COVID era, my GAWD

Everything with BmoreArt and my 1:1 time with Cara Ober

Watching Hannah play bball and going to states

Any and all quality time spent with my nephews (special highlight: sharing a coastal Cali train ride with Miller and Walker)

This aura photobooth picture of myself. I know it’s vain, but I dunno, I love it. Thank you, Soul Shine! https://www.soulshineaura.com

Getting to see my Utah cousins (Ella and Sophia) in November and getting this clutch self-timer stair pic

Hanging out with Luke, Hannah, and Ian anywhere (here in Mt. Vernon for my bday)

Going to NYC with Luke and Hannah and Karim (Hannah and Luke's first time!)

Reuniting with Heidi, my Finnish friend, in NYC!

Vibing with my sis Lex

Meeting and getting to hang out with Paige, Hannah’s bestie and my photo intern (!)

Cruise vacay with my fam and my grown ass kids

Befriending and getting to hang out with Kiirstn Pagan, an ultra talented photographer and overall wonderful, exciting and inspiring gal

A Coronado bike ride with my dad, Karim, and nephews

Getting to spend time with Jess and her baby girl Harper (talking on “apple” phones with

here) and her cat Felix

Being present for Hannah’s first substantial piercing: bellybutton and her drinking apple juice after

Taking pre-prom/party photos of Hannah and Paige

This moment with my parents watching fireworks on the 4th of July in Towson (mom: broken

wrist! healed now tho)

Couch time with my sons and daughters (Obbie chonkus, Zuri slinky)

Receiving texts that make no sense

Finding selfies of me I forgot I took

Street photography, always

Witnessing and ofc photographing Hannah working her first job, Dave's Hot Chicken in Hunt Valley

Thrifting with Hannah anywhere, any day

Meeting up with one of my high school besties, Darrah, and photo-ing her in Atlanta (also ok my hair is literally a third entity in this photo)

Reuniting with the emotion wheel (it's so gd helpful)

Perfectly scripted messages on things

Writing with no purpose or audience in mind

Hanging out with Luke and Hannah while Luke was at Towson

Learning in Annika Burgess's photo history book Flashes of Brilliance book that for a short (and very sweet) time in 1907 pigeons took aerial photographs. Thank you, Dr. Julius Neubronner.

Being sent this picture of my mom and sister from the early 2000s

Riding with Zuri in the car (she looks so dumb and cute back there!)

Some more photos in the gallery below. That is not all of my favorite things..but some of them. All while our country is being destroyed in the first year of Donald Trump's second term no less!! JOY AND SELFHOOD AND MAINTAINING QUALITY OF LIFE DESPITE ODDS IS ACT OF RESILIENCE AND RESISTANCE

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