a normal day

 

On October 18th, my daughter was born and I became the mother of three children. Hundreds of miles away, on the same day, another baby girl was born and another woman added the third child to her family. We were complete strangers at that time, but our love of photography and family brought us together. We started to have a conversation about motherhood with images, because we tell stories with our cameras. Since some tales are so similar, and some are not, we decided to collaborate and share a photo a week from a normal day as a mother to three.

“Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me learn from you, love you, bless you before you depart. Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow. Let me hold you while I may, for it may not always be so. One day I shall dig my nails into the earth, or bury my face in the pillow, or stretch myself taut, or raise my hands to the sky and want, more than all the world, your return.”     – Mary Jean Irion

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You help me in so many ways.  Like today, when you brushed my hair and helped me pick out my outfit to wear.  And you are always there to help me take care of your baby sister.  But the extent of your help surpasses all of this.  You remind me to slow down, be present, and just give my love.  While your sister napped this morning, I decided to clean and do laundry.  And I would have gotten a lot of stuff done had you not asked me to snuggle with you on the sofa.  So the house is still a mess and the laundry didn’t get done but something much more important was accomplished.  Thank you my sweet boy.

photo by Heather Robinson

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Saturdays we all sleep in. It is heaven. And then my big girls make their way into bed with us. And Bea will read. And we’ll all cuddle and play. And I swear, this is what it is all about. This is all I need to be happy and whole.

 

photo by Olivia Gatti of Click Click Love

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