Here we are at day 2 of my Everyday Magic series.  If you missed day 1 click here and take a quick read to get all caught up.  It’s OK, I’ll wait.

So we left off with me grabbing my camera and I can say without reservation that I’ve had a camera in my hand ever since.  I found a lot of comfort in my camera.  I was taking my family’s memories into my own hands and making sure that no detail escaped my lens.  It may have become a little obsession.

I joined Clickin Moms and dove into learning the ins and outs of photography.  I wasn’t very good (from a technical stand point) but my camera became my way to see the good moments in every day.   It became my meditation.  At a time when I was trying to pull myself out of grief, my camera provided a bridge between the past and the future.  It gave me a very real way to step out of the pain of the past and  be present in the moment.  It gave me a way to see that things I wanted to remember were happening all around me, and if I wanted to remember them, maybe I wanted to also experience them fully as they were happening.  I had no idea my camera was doing this at the time, but looking back, photography played a monumental role in shifting the way I saw the World.

And my love affair with photography slowly blossomed into a business.  Born from my desire to capture the bond between a mother and child in a beautiful, simple and pure way.  I knew from the moment I photographed one of my good friends holding her new baby, that this was what I was meant to do.  I was made to capture that sacred connection.  And every time I photographed a mother with her child I felt a very strong connection back to my own mom.  My business has been one ways that I continue to honor my mom.  She is very present in every decision I make, step I take and portrait I create.

Over the last few years, I slowly but surely built a newborn portrait studio that filled and still fills my heart with abundant joy.  The connection between mother and child will always be the heartbeat of my business but others connections have emerged that have become the connective tissue (to keep the biology analogy going) and that’s the connections I have made with you.

One of the things I know I did right (and believe me I’ve made many mistakes) is creating a studio that allows me to give extremely personal attention to each and every client.  I’ve cried on the floor with a new mom who was having trouble breast feeding – because ya’ll I’ve been there and I could feel her frustration, self-doubt and anxiety.  I’ve shared all my tried and sometimes true sleep inducing tips with a mom who was so tired from months of sleepless nights that she took a little nap during our session. I let out a little sob when I had the honor of photographing a new mom in the arms of her mom.  I’ve laughed, cried, commiserated and celebrated right there with you.  And that has been the greatest gift of all!

This is where I leave you for the day.  Tomorrow it all comes together into a not so well thought out, but oh so well intentioned and lovingly designed plan.  I can hardly wait!