My family and I took a vacation to Louisiana two years ago where we visited numerous plantation homes, learning a brief history about each one. Fascinated, I shot photographs of unique rooms and objects I considered interesting or beautiful from a spectator’s point of view. A few weeks later the film developed, and as I flipped through each photograph I discovered a beautiful piece of American history. One particular photograph caught my eye because …showed first 75 words of 293 total…

…showed last 75 words of 293 total…of fresh air. Perhaps she gazes outside the window and thinks of memories back home where freedom, love, and family waits. She caresses the frame of the crib and weeps as her mind becomes flooded with images of her children that she may not see grow up because of society’s narrow-minded opinions. No matter what daydreams fill my mind when I think about this room, I know they are all worth a thousand words.