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 hate getting your hair washed. i mean you completely freak out the moment the water touches your hair. but sticking your head in a dishpan filled with water is no problem. i can’t figure you out. and it excites me that i get to spend my whole life trying to.
photo by Heather Robinson
I often catch you two deep in conversation. I get little snags of it, but I won’t dare eavesdrop. You two aren’t slick enough to be quiet all the time, nor do you really have anything to keep secret from me yet. And while some things make my chuckle or even intervene, I have to imagine there are so many deeper, more beautiful things you two share that I’ll never know about, but that will make you two that much stronger together.