Family Pictures Are A Miracle.

One of the things I hear most often from clients when scheduling family photo sessions is something like: “I need to lose (x amount of weight) first.” 

And, boy do I get it. 

As much as id love to be your resident body positivity girlie, I too, had a weight goal before getting these pictures done. 

But then my one-year-old baby almost drowned on Memorial Day. 

Thanks to a man we'd never met before who got to him before our whole world stopped, we got to go home with our family in one piece. A miracle. 

I remember savoring every single hair on his head, every look, every sound. 

I remember my husband and me enjoying each mundane minute of our family life in the days following. 

We scheduled our family pictures that week.  And I definitely didn’t give a shred of attention to my weight. 

This isn’t a cheap shot to shame you for wanting to look your best. You deserve to feel beautiful always.  You deserve the curated, Pinterest-worthy gallery wall and baby smiles to melt the heart of a nation.  

This is just a gentle reminder of why all that doesn't matter so much. Maybe even at all. This is to remind you why pictures are such a miracle. 

They freeze time. 

And as a mom with babies that seem to grow 6 inches and 6 months every time I blink, freezing time is a miracle I need more of. 

(Even if that miraculous frozen moment-in-time includes Mr. Independent-death-wish baby showing off his intense hatred of cameras, a 3-year-old with a fire ant bite and a crushed spirit, and a whole lot of sweat and dirt and tears. A miracle.)