I am not sure where to begin, but maybe I will start off by saying photographing the Ravnaas family was an overwhelming honor.  It is complicated.  So I will let Sara tell you in her own words...

When Sara heard I would be passing through her area she asked if I could photograph her, Elsa and her youngest son (that would be spending the summer with her) at their apartment in Minneapolis and then travel 460 miles to central North Dakota to photograph her husband and two other boys.  Sara misses home.  She misses seeing her boys off to school in the mornings and hearing their stories when they come home.  She has not seen the treehouse they built in the backyard or the improvements her husband has made to the property.  She doesn't know what new lego creations are displayed on the boys' dressers or whether they are keeping their sock drawers tidy. Any visits the boys are able to make to Minneapolis are crammed into the occasional long weekend -- and even then, only if everyone is healthy enough for Elsa's weak immune system.  It is crazy.  But they are making it work.

So, within 24 hours I was able to photograph them all.  Two homes.  Two stories.  One family.  

In Sara's words...

Elsa is currently in the hospital in Michigan for a new surgery.  She has been experiencing some complications recovering from the surgery.    You can visit her CaringBridge page here.