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
there is so much to see and learn, who has time for sleep? we have officially entered the world of the catnap.
photo by Heather Robinson
The age difference between you two is exactly the same age difference between my sister and I. That means that for much of your young lives, you won’t have all that much in common. But, I hope, for all your lives together, you make each other laugh. My sister and I have always been good at that.
photo by Olivia Gatti of Click Click Love