For the past few months I have been a bit overwhelmed with work that I've neglected blogging. I have photos from amazing weddings in November and December that I would love to share soon, and have done so many portrait sessions that were equally awesome. I also love blogging my personal thoughts on life and what God is teaching me, but I just haven't gotten there. Being a mom of 2 little boys means my days are full of lots of ordinary mom responsibilities, and even work days quickly become mom days when kids are sick, school is closed because it's too cold (who ever knew that could happen??), or my husband is out of town. But I wouldn't trade it for anything. I am coming to a greater realization that being a mom who also has a photography business means that I can't keep up with the Joneses and their amazing businesses. I have to remind myself LOTS that my calling in life right now is to be faithful to what's in front of me, to not compare myself to others and their situations, and work with the time I'm given. I have to open my hands up at the beginning of the day and pray God would help me accept the day he has made for me with all it's sacred interruptions, computer crashes, sick kids, times where I leave all my work stuff at home after dropping both kids off at school and driving another 40 minutes to get it so I can get at least a little bit done. The picture above is of my good friend Mattie who owns Puddleduck Paper Co. I took some pictures of her in our studio and was reminded of how much I love photography. As I hope to blog more this year, I'm learning to just do what I can. And for this season in my life that is a lot less than ever before. So here are just 2 pictures of my friend I thought I'd share as my baby step in blogging. Small steps:) and how precious is Mattie's smile here? I took this as part of my shoot through project for 2014 where I shoot through different objects- and this one was through this big clamp I use for my backdrops. She was laughing and I was too close to her so it's out of focus, which actually is one reason I love it so much. Sometimes imperfection is more beautiful to me than the most perfectly styled picture because it's just more life giving to me. xoxo
