Diego Bermudez

Process: Washed Sourced by: Falcon Specialty Gulp...and I wish it were coffee. Every summer growing up my Mom would take my sister and me to Deep River Waterpark for a full day of splash-tastic fun. While I enjoyed the lazy river, the wave pool, and tube slides, I always feared the vertical drop body slide. My Mom, a person with seemingly no fear at all, would always push me gently to face my fear and take the plunge. There were many times when I’d reach the top of the slide only to scurry back down to solid ground. One day, however, my Mom promised all my friends and me Dippin’ Dots for each person that conquered the slide. One by one I saw each of my friends rewarded with their favorite treat and flavor of their choice. It’s amazing that little strawberry vanilla ice cream dots could push me to challenge my greatest fear, but they worked. As I took the plunge, I closed my eyes and pretended I was flowing down a strawberry creamsicle mountain to maintain my focus on capturing the pri