casey coombs

stuff we’re not totally screwing up at the moment.

It kind of changes things when you tell someone you’re close with that you’re leaving your husband. Maybe it doesn’t change things, but it certainly shows you how invested and in what ways a person is invested in you when you tell them a bit about what’s going on. To be fair, no one reallyContinue reading “stuff we’re not totally screwing up at the moment.”

defying the impulse to jump ship.

I wish I could say that after two weeks of feelings and emotions my marriage is suddenly A-OK and that everyone can just move right along because there’s nothing to see here! Just a little blip on the radar of life! But I can’t say that because everything is not A-OK although we are veryContinue reading “defying the impulse to jump ship.”

victoria’s vendetta.

I have always had a love/hate relationship with Victoria’s Secret. Her stuff is lovely, but overpriced and in all honestly, non-functional. Not to mention it’s all packaged and sold to us from the bodies of the most gorgeous and unrealistic teenagers Brazil has to offer. But still, every once in awhile a girl wants somethingContinue reading “victoria’s vendetta.”

hurting and healing.

One of the things that has been hardest for me over the past several months is feeling as though I am broken because while I am fiercely loyal to my girls and have an intense unconditional love for them, I don’t have an inspirational quote type of feeling towards motherhood in general. You know theContinue reading “hurting and healing.”

sexism and sports photography.

Tomorrow I will be shooting the Indy 500 again. Which means some dumb man is going to make some snide remark about little ‘ol me and my big black camera. When I was in Vegas a few weeks ago working with Floyd Mayweather’s photographer I was holding his camera as we were waiting for anContinue reading “sexism and sports photography.”

about last night.

I didn’t see that response coming. The confessions, the ‘me too’ and the solidarity. It was humbling, thank you — not only selfishly, but to all of you who left comments of support that other people in similar situations can read and hopefully gain strength from. “This morning I decided to get on a planeContinue reading “about last night.”

when I left.

I left Cody. I left because marriage is a lot harder than it should be and I have spent the last several months mentally checking out from our partnership so as to avoid getting any more hurt by his behavior and actions that seemed so similar to what we experienced back in 2009. I wasContinue reading “when I left.”

weekend update.

Years ago I heard one of my favorite authors speak about her writing process, and one thing she said that stuck with me was “I like to write about things with a resolution.” At the time it didn’t make sense to me, I was in the midst of law school, infertility and being thousands ofContinue reading “weekend update.”

madrid to be leaving.

The only other time in my life when my body has been this tired and confused were those first few days after bringing home a new baby. I have no concept of time, no memory of eating, I haven’t slept for longer than 3 hours at a time and my head feels all cold andContinue reading “madrid to be leaving.”

the one about the hit and run.

Early Saturday morning I was sideswiped on the freeway and sent spinning into the center median of I-70. Whoever hit me simply drove off, they didn’t even slow down. After getting a clear look at the damage on my car today there’s no way they could have been unaware of hitting me. (Also, if you’reContinue reading “the one about the hit and run.”