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The Boy entered a juried photography contest in 2018 with the support of our friend Crystal at Special Portraits, and not only did he receive great feedback from the judges, but he scored a live television interview and a newspaper interview.

He was five years old at the time. Be prepared to laugh.

Shannon MacFarlane had a corporate job she loved but her position wasn't compatible with her life anymore. After hearing troubling news about her unborn child, then health issues for herself after child birth, Shannon decided she had no choice but find a new way to live. She turned to her artistic side and developed a unique photography and digital arts business. You can find Shannon at SlobberedLens.com or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/slobberedlens

This week on Amplify, I’m welcoming Shannon MacFarlane, compassionate human, artist, and photographer specializing in grief and bereavement - for both humans and their animals. Shannon shares about her personal journey - how she nearly lost her son, and how her husband nearly lost them both, what it’s like to view life, grief, and death through the lens of a photographer, how she cares for herself whilst doing deep and emotion-laden work, and how it’s really all about intention and connection.

The Flea Circus is a live radio show with a "pawsitive" spin. The host, Chris Green, and I talked about art and pets and the other warm and fuzzy kinds of stuff.

Grief Becomes You is a collection of poems, essays, images, and other narratives of loss, a compilation of work from nearly 60 contributors from the United States and abroad. Edited by Maya Stein and designed by Liz Kalloch, Grief Becomes You is available in both print and downloadable editions.

I contributed an essay about my relationship with my friend Grief, also known as Deirdre

In 2017 I was interviewed by Kevyn Burger at Next Avenue regarding what photography brings to the hospice experience. Human hospice is one of my great loves and I am honored to be able to help document stories and legacies for families as well as teach them how to do this for themselves.

Chronicles of Nannya is a podcast for nannies, by a nanny. As someone who loves a young person, I think it's good stuff for anyone who is a caregiver for young humans.

As we reach a year into quarantine, it seems fitting to do an episode about grief. Many of us have been forced to deal with grief over the past year in a much more up close way than maybe at any other time in our lives. Hundreds of thousands of people have died during the past year and, as a community, we have taken little to no time to sit with that loss. Whether someone you know has died or you're grieving other sorts of losses, Shannon MacFarlane helps guide us through some ways to support those around us and ourselves when grief is present, no matter the reason. I hope this episode is as helpful to you as it was to me!