A Little About Me
I’ve lived through beautiful seasons as well as devastating ones. I’ve started over more times than I ever planned to, and I’ve learned the hard way that sometimes the life I thought I was building had to fall apart before I could see what was there the whole time. I’ve also learned that laughter truly is the best medicine.
For years, I told stories through photographs. I photographed weddings, families, homes, ordinary moments, and some rather extraordinary ones too.
My first book, inJustice, was published in 2017 under the pen name Abbey M. Blue. I wasn’t quite ready to use my own name just yet.
My newest book, Pop’s Place: What Remains, is different. It is my way of taking off the mask and screaming from the mountaintop, This is who I am.
It’s a story about a house that changed my life in ways that words can’t fully capture, though I try. I hate that I had to lose it to really see it.
I’m a writer, photographer, mother, grandmother, and a woman whose lie has taken more than a few unexpected turns.
Faith is at the center of my life. Not because I have everything figured out. I don’t. But because I know who stayed when everything else fell away.
Jesus did.
And that changed the way I understand my story.
These days, I’m still writing, still taking pictures, still traveling when I can, still finding my way into whatever comes next. I love old photographs, back roads, places with stories, conversations that go deeper than expected, and the little details most people walk right past.
I believe there is beauty worth finding everywhere. I believe our stories matter. And I believe that as long as there is breath, there is hope.
I’m glad you found your way here.
— Michele
If you have any questions, would like to know more about me or my writing…or if you have a story you are interested in writing and want some help, shoot me an email!