With the 4th of July holiday upon us I felt that this needed to be shared (again).
So often moms are left out of pictures due to self-consciousness, self-criticalness, and just plain logistics, but in our modern era this doesn't have to be.
Dear sweet mama's,
Your children won't remember you through the negative filter that you see yourself through, they will remember you with love and appreciation. They won't remember of your rolls, lack of makeup, under-eye circles, 5, 10, 20+ extra pounds that you can't shake. That is because that isn't how they see you.
Think about it, when you remember your mom from your childhood what do you remember? We remember the laughs and time spent together. We don't remember our mom's for their flaws, we remember them for their laugh, and by the way, my mom has the best laugh! We remember the good times and the fun. We remember the tears and the hugs. We don't remember our mom's as having flaws because in our eyes they are beautiful and amazing. And dear mama, so are you! Your children will remember you with the same love and adoration that you remember your own mom with.
So often moms are left out of pictures due to self-consciousness, self-criticalness, and just plain logistics, but in our modern era this doesn't have to be.
In the age of selfie cams, use those gadgets to your advantage. Turn the camera around and smile because there will be a day when your kiddos go off to college and they WILL want to take a picture of you with them (whether they admit it or not).
Ask someone to take a picture with you in it. Buy a selfie stick. Whatever it takes, just save the memory! The days are short, but the pictures will last forever.
Let's leave our children boxes full of pictures of the WHOLE family, not just themselves.
