Sharon Steinmann

Moments

Tangela Jenkins walks to her metro train as a rare snowfall blankets downtown Houston.
   
Emilio Jimenez, 3, of Houston plays in the lobby of Pediatric Prosthetics Incorporated in Houston where he was waiting to be fitted with his new myoelectric prosthetic arm. Emilio's arm was torn off in an accident in December. His new prosthesis will be able to read brain signals, allowing the prosthetic hand to open and close.
   
Alina Van Epps, who is wheelchair bound, is evaluated by rescue personnel at Ball High School as she waits to be evacuated on Galveston Island on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008, in Galveston after Hurricane Ike. She rode out the storm in her flooded home and suffered a blow to her head.
     
  
Michael Clow struggles to carry a box of Meals Ready to Eat given to him by the Texas National Guard on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008, in Port Bolivar. Clow stayed on the Bolivar peninsula with his two cats during the storm had no plans to leave. An estimated dozen people steadfastly remained on the Peninsula despite its almost complete destruction.
   
Justus Eaglesmith, 4, is comforted by his mother, Ramona Eaglesmith at the 22nd annual Yuba-Sutter Pow Wow in Marysville, CA.
   
Clerk Ali Khan, a devout Muslim, takes a break to pray in his Valero gas station store in Houston.
     
  
A patient at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston carries his decorated Christmas tree to his room. Over 100 trees were donated by a local florist.
   
A man is illuminated in a shaft of light under an overpass with a sign that reads in Spanish, "We are workers, not terrorists," during a march for immigration reform in downtown Houston on Monday April 10, 2006.
   
Kingwood's Brian Heis (15) battles Ugonna Amarikwa of Hightower for the football at Pasadena Memorial Stadium in Houston. Hightower moved on with a 49-35 victory over Kingwood in a Region III-5A Division I second round game.
     
  
Atlas' Bruno Marioni, left, gains control of the ball against Toluca's Edgar Duenas during the second half Interliga game at Robertson Stadium in Houston on Sunday, Jan. 3. Neither team scored.
   
Mormon trekkers try to get warm by the campfire just after arriving for the night after a 6-mile journey in the rain through the Sabine National Forest. They were re-enacting the experience of settlers on the original Mormon trail.
  
A makeshift basket serves as a playground for neighbors in Marysville, CA.
     
  
Daryl Gardner of Ferris High School in Spokane overtakes his opponent Andrew Smith of University High School in Spokane during region IV wrestling championships at Southridge High School in Kennewick
   
Yao Ming, center, of the Houston Rockets gains control of the ball against Toronto Raptors Rasho Nesterovic, left, and Kris Humphries, right, in the second quarter at the Toyota Center on Saturday, Dec. 29, 2007, in Houston. The Rockets won 91-79.
  
Alicia Rodriguez rests during a peeling mask after a microdermabrasion treatment at MC Salon in Dallas.
     
  
Hannah King, 4, of Buna, Texas is covered with cool cloths for heat exhaustion and dehydration at a small triage clinic set up in the Buna Volunteer Fire Department after Hurricane Rita left the town without power.
   
An Italian Greyhound sits in a patriotic-themed luxury suite at Rover Oaks Pet Resort in Houston. Rover Oaks boards pets in luxury suites fully equipped with a TV.
  
Joseph Jacob of Orland High School in Orland, CA competes in the 300 meter intermediate hurdles during the Butte View League Track and Field Championships at Yuba College in Linda, CA.
     
  
John Denton, 66, who is wheelchair bound, said he fled a Chalmette, Louisiana, nursing home on his own when floodwaters rose during Hurricane Katrina.
  
Stephanie Laurino, a 17-year-old contortionist from Argentina, prepares backstage for her performance Circo Hermanos Caballero in Dallas. She is a fifth generation circus performer.
   
Jesus Francisco Ordoñez of Chihuahua, Mexico, left, waits in a holding cell with other men at the Border Patrol Detention Center in Naco, Arizona in July 2004 after he was caught in the Arizona desert crossing into the United States illegally. Romero was given a rosary and Virgin of Guadalupe pendant by family in Mexico to keep him safe during his journey across the desert. He has a guaranteed construction job in Kentucky and a family to support in Mexico. " We come here to work," he said, vowing to attempt to re-enter the country illegally as many times as it takes. "We don't come here to harm anyone."
     
  
An irate rancher near Naco, Arizona has displayed personal items left behind by migrants crossing his land in silent protest to the local United States Border Patrol for failing to keep trespassers off his land. With the federal government's implementation of the Arizona Border Control Initiative, immigrants are finding more isolated and dangerous points to cross into Arizona from Mexico, resulting in a record number of deaths in the desert in 2004.
   
Barn owls cluster in their cage at the Wildlife Rehab & Education center in Houston.
  
The family of 29-year-old Raymond Smith, who was fatally shot by a Houston police officer, reacts at the scene in the Acres Homes neighborhood of Houston.
     
  
Wilson Hardin, 3, reacts to the strong wind as his grandmother Debra Hanes holds him as they watch surfers in Galveston brave the choppy surf brought on by a tropical storm off the gulf coast.
   
Emily Bell cools off between dunks at the Westheimer Block Party in Houston. The annual event features over 50 bands on 5 stages.
   
Phillip Bee, 5, center left, makes funny faces with Jerry Xiong, 6, as they relax with their family on their front porch in Marysville, CA. The porch provided a shady spot for the boys to enjoy the late afternoon as temperatures reached 94 degrees.
     
  
Jonathan Gross, 2, who suffers from cerebral palsy, is comforted by Jalyn Ellis, a respite worker, as his mother Antoinetta Gross and twin brother Joshua Gross play in the background. Jalyn has been helping the single mother care for her disabled children for several years.
   
John Ray, owner of Tart Cafe in Houston, poses in his restaurant.
   
New Orleans Katrina evacuee Nureka Jacobs nuzzles her daughter Amber as three of Amber's sisters - from left, Monique, Symaé and Destiny - help prepare the family's first Thanksgiving meal in their FEMA sponsored apartment in Houston.
     
  
Ted Mitchell, 62, is arrested after refusing to relinquish the pole holding his American flag at an anti-illegal immigration rally in front of the Hamblen County Courthouse in Morristown, Tennessee. Fearing violence, about 100 state and local police officers were waiting at the square and outnumbered the participants of the rally.
   
Julio Hernandez leads the congregation in song at Thursday night services at Iglesia Bautista La Gran Comision (Great Commission Baptist Church) in Morristown, Tennessee.