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
you have this thing with safety. you are a bit obsessed with it. in your two and half year old mind, you think that wearing certain articles of clothing make you safe. and i am not just talking about wearing your bike helmet or your life jacket. you wear glasses, hats, oven mitts that you believe have magical powers to keep you safe. so i gave you a bracelet that once belonged to a very brave woman who brought much happiness to my childhood. i told you that my grandmother always made me feel safe and loved and that anything that belonged to her would do the same for you.
photo by Heather Robinson
Baby girl, you are such a trooper. A go-anywhere-er. A silly, sweet little person. I can’t believe how easy you make things, like being caught in a downpour on a chilly, foggy, windy cliff on the ocean in Maine. You embrace it, it seems, and I hope your outlook always stays this way.
photo by Olivia Gatti of Click Click Love