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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there are moments when i think i might have taken on more than i was meant to.  i think i would have been a spectacular mom to just one child.  multitasking isn’t my forte.  but i wouldn’t trade my lot for anything.  and when my back is too tired to carry one of you, there are these strong, growing ones always happy to lessen my load.

photo by Heather Robinson     blog | Facebook

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 Another day, another opportunity to “break in” to your sisters’ rooms.

photo by Olivia Gatti     website Facebook