I recently went over for a photo “play-date” with my friend Lisa of Milk & Honey Photography.
They say a photo is worth a thousand words…so, let’s just start with this…
Words cannot describe how much I love this photo…so I’m not even going to try…seriously. Every time I start to write, I’m reduced to tears. She has captured a piece of my family history forever and I am so very grateful.
What you can’t see in this photo is the locket I am wearing that has captured Rya’s attention. It is my grandma’s locket. And inside, a photo of a young, handsome man – my grandpa. My daughter never had the chance to meet her great grandparents, but with the help of photographs, hopefully she’ll feel like she gets to know them a little…and with it, some of her family history. Because our photographs truly do act as visual reminders of our family’s history.
So many of my own ‘childhood memories’ happen to have photos to go along with them. Why? Because my mom and dad were snap happy and had the camera out at all times? Heck no! It’s because when we would pull out the family photo albums once a year, the pictures would remind my parents of the stories, and they would tell my sister and me. And so, those were the ‘memories’ that stuck.
I would leave it at that, but I’m compelled to say this…
As moms, we tend to be the ones toting the cameras around, and forget to (or purposely choose not to) put ourselves in front of the lens.
When we do, we can usually be found saying things like, “I hate getting my photo taken. I’m totally not photogenic. Can you photoshop me thinner, taller, shorter, blonder, less grey, less wrinkly….etc etc”
I admit, I am guilty of this too.
But what message am I giving to my daughter? What message am I giving myself?
So, from now on…I’m going to like being behind AND in front of the lens – how about you?
Because I guarantee you this…Rya is NOT thinking, “does this outfit make me look fat?”
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