One Image; Many Emotions!

Struck with inspiration, I HAD to journal (and capture) my feelings upon receiving our photo shoot sneak peeks! So often I think photographers are not appreciated or valued enough and mine simply outdid herself! So with that, I thought I’d share...

     One picture, so many emotions. I’m familiar with the phrase “A picture says a thousand words”. That’s my job afterall, to create pictures for my clients they will treasure for a lifetime. Pictures that speak a thousand words or emotions all at once. I’ve never been given this gift to the extent it’s hit me today when we received our sneak peeks of our recent shoot at the beach. This phrase suddenly has a whole new meaning for me as of today. I have a BIG bubble of personal space and have always chosen photographers who abide by this. Sub-conscientiously, of course, because I hadn’t realized just how uncomfortable I was with the closeness of a camera being so near to my own face until... it was SO close to my face. I trusted the photographer but was definitely anticipating the reveal. And then THIS… So raw! (No photography pun intended!)

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Image by Love & Light Photography with Kayla Hatch

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     The immeasurable adoration between mother and son shown through the gentle and playful physical touch of our heads. The subtle crows feet near my eyes that show the many sleepless nights as a worried and completely spent mother, wife, daughter, sister, etc. (and probable evidence from overuse of tanning beds as a teenager). Who knows, maybe it’s from the overuse of smiles instead! The borrowed earrings from a dear friend I’d move mountains for! My baby boy’s envious, sweet, long eyelashes. But wait, I'm frozen. It's hit me...he is, in fact, no longer a baby at all but a little boy who is already (and too quickly) beginning to outgrow my arms. I realize now more than ever, my days of saving him from the crashing beach waves are limited and I’ll forever choose to do it - a million times over (or until my back no longer allows me)! And finally, my wedding bands. A reminder of the hope and promise I hold onto as we are coming out of the HARDEST.YEAR.EVER. I never knew such a ‘lowest of lows’ existed. This photo speaks a thousand words and yet it’s left me speechless. All I know is I can’t stop staring...or crying. I'm flooded with memories and emotion. THANK YOU, Kayla!!

“There are many things to be learned in the depths, which could not be known in the heights.” -Charles Spurgeon
The Lord is good and faithful, and the hardest seasons are proof❤️