Faithit

A five-part photo-essay covering the lives and stories of Syrian refugees in Croatia and Serbia.

"Some see it as a dark day full of evil influence while others deem it a harmless time for fun costumes and candy."

"We often get the impression from the world around us that the goal of parenting is to produce a compliant, well-behaved child. While these are certainly desirable qualities for most parents, they are NOT core qualities that contribute to a happy and healthy human."

A few days ago a man asked, “So are you just a mom, or do you work?”

"Sure, your kids will roll their eyes at you…they’ll probably call you clingy or annoying. I call it parenting."

"That’s when I heard it. 'F@*! this s*@t you nasty h$@!' And the words were flowing out of this mouth like a river…fast and furious. When I looked over, I saw a kid…probably about Gia’s age of 9…he was the one."

"I cry the whole way home. I looked up your daughter on Facebook. She was beautiful. Just graduated high school. She had a whole life and world ahead of her. It isn’t fair..."

"Every time she'd walk into the kitchen and find a drinking glass by the sink, she moved incrementally closer to moving out and ending our marriage. I just didn't know it yet."