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 | May 1, 2019 | Faith, People
[title subtitle=”words and image: Jessica Sowards”][/title] This morning, I woke up in the dark. I’d forgotten to turn the alarm on, but the glowing red lights of the clock peered through the morning darkness to tell me I’d only slept three minutes longer...
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...
