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

mama is foolish.  sometimes i think that if i slowly darken the room, you will stop playing and get tired.   instead you just keep on going with a smile on your face.  when you finally let me know you are ready to take a nap, it is ten to twenty minutes of sleep and then you are ready to go again.  i get it.  you don’t want to miss a moment.  the world is a pretty awesome place after all.

photo by Heather Robinson

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The carseat kid. The pick-up line. The afternoon coffee (not pictured). Large, of course. March has this faint promise that we’ll be walking more and driving less, and you will be closer to me, and we will feel warmer and full of possibilities.

photo by Olivia Gatti of Click Click Love

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