Talk about a delay in posting pictures- these pictures of my friend, Danielle, and her daughter were taken back in October!! I am so happy I went back to look through these images. I’ve spent most of the evening going back and forth- just looking at them and smiling. They are the epitome of all things good and true. They make my heart happy and give me hope for the world.
Most of the images aren’t technically perfect, by any means. But they are real- like looking at a memory. I hope when viewing them you feel the same flutter in your tummy as I do and I hope you can hear Shy’s laughter. I can.
Just a little bit of bribery…
“There are lives I can imagine without children but none of them have the same laughter & noise.”
I love this series!! Can you hear the squeals of joy?
How perfectly fitting. Danielle calls Shy “monkey”.
I lied. This series is the winner. I had to sit with my head between my knees for a whole 5 minutes after shooting these. I almost hurled. So worth it.
Danielle has a way with words. She knows how to string words and phrases together to perfectly put the way she feels. Often times, when I least expect it, I will receive amazing strings of words from her- in the middle of the day- in the middle of the week- just because. And when I don’t call for days- sometimes weeks- when I feel like my life can’t get any more hectic and I feel like the world’s worst friend… Danielle understands and she doesn’t get upset. She doesn’t make me feel guilty about not having/making the time to just chat. Even though we live some 12,000 odd miles apart and even though we have seen each other exactly one time in the last six years or so, Danielle is one of my closest confidents. She has a heart of gold and smile that will knock you over. I’m so very thankful to have her “in” my life.
The girl up there in the yellow shirt is my heart. Long ago (it often feels like forever ago) she lived in my tummy. I felt her every move & I always knew exactly where she was. Then I met her and the whole world changed. Now she moves fast (so does our life!) and is often hard to catch. I can not always know where she is or how she’s doing and it’s hard sometimes. There are days I get so caught up “taking care of things” I let moments turn into days and before I know it so much time passes…and she grows! She is my heart, my strength, my motivation & my inspiration. Thank you for capturing that. Thank you for freezing moments of our life so that years from now I can still look at these and hear her fabulous laughter. The gift you give to people is irreplaceable; you can never know how grateful I am to have these moments forever frozen.