Feature Picture Story - 2nd, “See You When I See You”Zach Singer puts his items in the back of his fathers car during a long ride back home to Kilvert. Zach is coming back home from Portsmouth, Ohio were he was living in a rehab center before moving into a halfway home. “We will see if he’s still a bastard when I see him,” Phillip said with a large coffee cup in his hand as he drove to pick up his son. Phillip would later apologize to Zach for not giving him a hug when he first picked him up, which he wouldn’t do until they drove back to Kilvert. (Michael Blackshire / Ohio University)
Feature Picture Story - 2nd, “See You When I See You”Zach arrives back home to see his daughter Riya Belle, who he embraces after not seeing her for two years. Zach left on a bad note with his daughter, who before he left witness Zach physically abuse her mom and witness his drug addiction at an early age. Today he gives her a two minute hug and reaffirms that he loves her. (Michael Blackshire / Ohio University)
Feature Picture Story - 2nd, “See You When I See You”Zach arrives back home lost and confused in a place he has not seen in a year and a half. A small town that he has to become accustomed too again. (Michael Blackshire / Ohio University)
Feature Picture Story - 2nd, “See You When I See You”Zach Singer prays alongside his daughter Riya Belle and his mother Jennie Singer at Pastor Junior Walker’s Church in Chester Hill. (Michael Blackshire / Ohio University)
Feature Picture Story - 2nd, “See You When I See You”Zack fixes cables for his uncle Glenn Singer, who has started to ask him to work more around the house. He originally was told to move into a family moving van next to the house, but once they found trust in Zach, they allowed him in the guest room. (Michael Blackshire / Ohio University)
Feature Picture Story - 2nd, “See You When I See You”Zach pushes his nephew Lincoln Singer, 2, on the swing on eastern Weekend. Zach never met Lincoln until he moved back home, which brought more responsibility to not succumb to his former addictions. (Michael Blackshire / Ohio University)
Feature Picture Story - 2nd, “See You When I See You”Zach kisses Alley on his bed after working on her Jeep outside. The couple met in rehab and bonded over their troubled past and battles with addiction. “She’s a good one. Bonded in ways I never knew I needed,” Zach said. (Michael Blackshire / Ohio University)
Feature Picture Story - 2nd, “See You When I See You”Zach breaths in and holds his head against the wall as he prepares to speak to his probation officer. “I hate doing this shit,” Zach says as he embraces what could be bad news. His probation officer spoke to him for five minutes and says he will see him next month. Zach comes back home with a love for family, plans to raise his daughter, and not allow his former addiction determine his future, because the depth of his struggle determines the height of his success. (Michael Blackshire / Ohio University)
