by Do South | Jun 1, 2019 | Faith, Life
[title subtitle=”words and images Jessica Sowards”][/title] I wanted a farm for a long time. If I called it a childhood dream, I wouldn’t be lying. I specifically remember telling people that I wanted to be a farmer as a young girl and feeling...
by Do South | Apr 1, 2019 | People
[title subtitle=”words and images: Jessica Sowards “][/title] I became a mom when I was nineteen. Shortly before midnight on a Wednesday in November, my son came fast. It was harder than I thought it would be. I remember screaming out, “I can’t. I can’t,”...
by Do South | Mar 1, 2019 | People
[title subtitle=”words: Jessica Sowards”][/title] I received my first camera on my ninth birthday. It was an old 110 mm film camera loaded and ready with my first roll of film. I also received thirty dollars in single bills stuffed into a little tin. I...
by Do South | Feb 1, 2019 | People
[title subtitle=”words: Jessica Sowards”][/title] I spend the winter craving the world to turn green again. By February, it is a fairly desperate situation. Every morning, I sit at the living room window overlooking my garden. There is more mud than...
by Do South | Jan 1, 2019 | People
[title subtitle=”words and images: Jessica Sowards “][/title] I have never, ever liked January. I don’t like the way it gets dark before dinnertime or the layers of clothes required to keep my kids from getting sick. I don’t like the fact that somehow,...
