People Watcher

People Watcher

[title subtitle=”words: Jessica Sowards images: Jeremiah Sowards and Jackson Whitaker “][/title] I am an observer. A people-watcher. My walk through this broken world is dotted and flourished with a great appreciation for humanity and for the details of...
Redefined

Redefined

[title subtitle=”words and images: Jessica Sowards”][/title] When I look back over my thirty-two years and attempt to sequence them, there are a couple of great divides. Befores and afters. The kind of life-altering happenings that redefine the way you...
The Glass House

The Glass House

[title subtitle=”words and images: Jessica Sowards”][/title] For the majority of my life, in one way or another, I have kept a written record. It started in a sparkly, Lisa Frank diary with a small, golden lock. It matured into multiple Rubbermaid...
All the Pears

All the Pears

[title subtitle=”words and images:Jessica Sowards”][/title] Tonight, my son Ezra ate a pear.   As I stood over the charcoal grill cooking dinner, he sat on the back porch steps and ate a pear. He had asked me to cut it into slices so he could easily...
The Growth of a Gardener

The Growth of a Gardener

[title subtitle=”words:Jessica Sowards images: Jeremiah Sowards”][/title] My mother has a green thumb. She can grow anything. When I was a kid, she would do things like buy me purple rose bushes as gifts and then grow them outside my bedroom window. When I...

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