FAMILY SESSION: Morning Glow

I saw a momma carrying her toddler out of Meijer yesterday. 

She had her daughter on her hip, whilst pushing the grocery cart...The toddler girl was holding onto her doll and talking animatedly while her momma was trying to balance and steer at the same time. 

It made me smile...

Those were physically taxing years...the lack of sleep, coupled with the ever-constant demand on one's time...it is exhausting...and yet, with determination, selflessness and gratitude, mommas push on...

Fortunate are those that catch on quickly that life won't ever be perfect, but if you are able to embrace the beautiful mess that is your own..if you can hold close and take deep joy in watch you've been given...ever so slowly, the comparisons and anxieties start to wash away just a bit...because you realize that you are the best momma for your littles...that they were given specifically to YOU...

This sweet-natured family has had a glimpse of that reality...they take joy in the little things and aren't aiming for perfection, but rather aiming for moments...

At the top of my blog I have 3 words...

memorable, happy, meaningful

When I see mommas in parking lots or in sessions like this...I am reminded of the memories...of the times that we made the memories, together with my daughters...

Life isn't all happy, all the time...but there is joy...and in that happy joy, there is gratefulness and contentment...

and THAT makes everything that we do, mistakes and successes...they are all meaningful...because each relationship and each moment helps to define us, to shape us, to build us, to grow us...

I loved playing with their son and giggling as his daddy tickled him...

I smiled when their daughter's little cheeks puffed out as her big brother squeezed in close for a kiss...

These are the things we live for...