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Thursday, October 30, 2014

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

on most weekday mornings, i am rushing to get the big kids ready and off to school. did i mention, i am not a morning person? the chaos combined with the fact that i am not fully awake, make it hard to think straight. there isn’t time for me to feed you or myself breakfast. so we wait until it is just us (plus the dog) to sit down and have a relaxing breakfast together. these quiet, slow moments with you feel soothing.

photo by Heather Robinson

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I keep telling the big girls to look at the baby. They were once my baby, just like her. They were once just like her. My baby. My babies. And yet, look. They really aren’t so little anymore. The baby-ness of it all is quickly disappearing. But maybe, if I get them to look, they might see. They might all see how precious they are to me.

photo by Olivia Gatti of Click Click Love

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freelensing | october

Friday, October 24, 2014

whenever i need to escape, the mountains are there. for years, i have dreamed of living in the mountains. maybe one day when you kids are all grown and on your own, daddy and i will buy a little cabin in the mountains and live out our golden years there. maybe next to a rushing river or better yet a lake. hell, even a little stream will do. but more than anything, there will be trees. so many trees. we will breath easier, live simpler. this is a dream i have. perhaps one day it will come true. perhaps not. whatever happens, i will always have these brief moments in the mountains with you. and that is the sweetest of all my dreams.

the next artist always leaves my heart pounding for more of her rich, poetic work. please check out Melissa Lazuka’s work now.

a normal day

Thursday, October 23, 2014

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 are one.

photo by Heather Robinson

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photo by Olivia Gatti of Click Click Love

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10 on 10 | october

Friday, October 10, 2014

i am cheating. i didn’t take these photos this month or last month. they were taken two months ago. i have wanted to gather them up and show them for some time. so, i am doing it now. and since i am in the cheating mood, i am not stopping at ten. these photos were taken one morning in early august. the baby had just finished eating breakfast and gotten more of it on her than in her. so in the bath she went. for some reason the sound of running bath water is like Pavlov’s bell to you two. i normally let you all in together but she was so content to bathe alone this day that i made you two wait until she was done. this made you both icky so you started picking at each other. i knew exactly how to calm you. i started telling stories. sometimes i operate on autopilot telling you stories while i take your pictures. it is as if time stands still and you are frozen hanging on to every word. and i am under the spell too lost in the moment with you.

The next photographer is one of my favorite lifestyle photographers. Head on over to my good friend Annie Otzen’s blog next.

a normal day

Thursday, October 9, 2014

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

today i noticed you playing with dust particles floating in the sunlight. you were so moved by such a trivial thing. that is how you are though. a never-ending effervescence.

photo by Heather Robinson

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Baby, you really do light up our life.

photo by Olivia Gatti of Click Click Love

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