![Xochitl and Dad, 2021](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a319495d74cff5e0a67f7fc/1644176835020-JT7Z7QFZ03RWGV0BM902/1.Xochitl+and+Dad.Sherman.jpg)
![Hair, 2021](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a319495d74cff5e0a67f7fc/1644177016256-PKPEH6TY3FZRMWDESZSE/2.%2BHair.Sherman.jpg)
![Getting ready for school, 2021](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a319495d74cff5e0a67f7fc/1644176833137-GPWK0TTQVUWST23D0EYJ/3.+Getting+ready+for+school.Sherman.jpg)
![Atticus and Cordelia, 2021](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a319495d74cff5e0a67f7fc/1644176832874-8TSAP4671Q123JN01LS8/4.+Atticus+and+Cordelia.Sherman.jpg)
![Thinking in the bath, 2021](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a319495d74cff5e0a67f7fc/1644176831933-PE9NP8SPI93JBN6EV1UR/5.Thinking+in+the+bath.Sherman.jpg)
![Bedtime, 2021](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a319495d74cff5e0a67f7fc/1644176831190-B0J3EG8KFCGXVCOMBAUC/6.+Bedtime.Sherman.jpg)
![Family life on a sofa, 2021](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a319495d74cff5e0a67f7fc/1644176830834-6A348LU0BQQPHNMSUT83/7.+Family+life+on+a+sofa.Sherman.jpg)
!["I want mom!", 2021](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a319495d74cff5e0a67f7fc/1644176829868-MO91BKKUXQZ82AKEKE1X/8.+%2522I+want+mom%21%2522..Shermanjpg.jpg)
![Xochitl's Garden, 2021](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a319495d74cff5e0a67f7fc/1644176830163-JAK7G9EDRA4HBC1FQALO/9.Xochitl%27s+Garden.Sherman.jpg)
![Time to unwind, 2021](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a319495d74cff5e0a67f7fc/1644176834924-3NOTG8PQHA2B7FEOVM6T/10.Time+to+unwind.Sherman.jpg)
What makes a family? Love, choice, commitment, patience, comfort, energy, fun, caring, strength, hope, creativity, sharing. All of these are evident in the routines of daily life. Families wake, learn, work, play, eat, and rest together. They create, nurture, laugh and cry together. Over a few months in 2021, as we emerged from the altered reality of late summer and fall pandemic, I photographed the daily life of one family in New York. I am grateful for their generosity in sharing their ordinary moments.