Love Yourself Now
We each have our very own battles that we deal with each day. I know for me there are many. I battle with my love for food and my determination to stay healthy and strong. Strong for myself and our family, hence my 4:30 am alarm that chimes in my ear to get me out of our bed and off to the gym.
Then there is the battle of balancing parenting and work. Or merely taking time for myself. Somewhere there has to be a couple of minutes for myself outside of soccer, dance, karate, school board meetings and my love for photography. OH wait, then there is the daily household duties that need to be accomplished. Cooking of the meals, laundry, homework, baths, and bedtime stories. You all get the idea here.
This got me to thinking, of course I am not alone in this battle. Naturally there has to be millions of others facing the same battle as I do. When will I ever be good enough to take time for myself. Shouldn't I just love myself NOW? Regardless of what the scale says or what I made for dinner? Yes, this isn't my mothers dinner table, I do serve mac & cheese for dinner and it isn't home made.
Wouldn't it be great if I could have a couple of hours for myself, uninterrupted by I phones or I pads, but merely I, as in me ?? Wouldn't it feel great to have someone else apply my makeup and do my hair ? AND have beautiful images to remember this O so special day ? Couldn't this recharge my love for myself or even make me realize just how beautiful I am?
I hope you enjoy your preview Pam, this was an exceptionally fun session with you ! The beautiful gown as well as your casual jeans & black top! I love that we didn't transform you into some unrecognizable person. It's still you, but now you will have some awesome images to remember this day by !
I look forward to showing many more woman just how beautiful they truly are !
Love, Love, Love...
ReplyDeletePam you are beautiful, absolutely love the picture of you laughing...the are all terrific, but that one is my fave....
Kelley ♥
wow. WOW.
ReplyDeleteMy nerve endings are raw. What an honest exploration into Your soul; How gutsy you were to share it here. And now that you have exhaled and all of Your energy has formed the framework for this project - it just feels ... right.
Right that You, always the one to have shown us extraordinary views of every day moments through Your lens; always the one who encourages each of us, that come into your life, to accomplish that ONE thing in each day that will make us a better version of ourselves; always the one who inspires us to challenge ourselves to REALLY try to accomplish that one thing - and perhaps, just ONE more - not just through Your unique manner of encouragement: that matter of fact way You express Your absolute knowledge that we have it in us to achieve this higher quality of being, but also in the way you humble Yourself and lead by example - Sharing your view of Yourself as imperfect human being who loves herself, and her God, enough to keep reaching inside of herself to find the strength & motivation to keep improving while still embracing & celebrating the woman she is- at that very moment she is living in.
How could this NOT be the Calling you found inside of Your heart -- Your life was leading You in this direction all along, it's so clear now!
Seeing the images above, one sees the "glamorous" shots one might expect in such a session - a product of the time & pampering that we so often sacrifice for those we love, and that in itself is a wonderful experience, I am sure.
Then, scrolling down - a black and white that just STOPS you and shows You a woman who is AMAZING. And you continue to scroll, and there it is... that fluid, candid shot of her laughing... completely inhibited - walls down, soul exposed, inner Goddess shining --- for all the world to see And THAT is a GIFT beyond measure.
A gift for every woman - who may or may not Even see herself in that light anymore - or ever, may not even believe She exists - here is proof. Tangible evidence of the Beauty of you. Her. And a gift to us women who bear witness to the Beauty you reveal in these sessions- a reminder to either hold on to that Inner Goddess, relish her existence, nurture her soul for even just one small of each day or, if Lost - to find the courage to find Her again; There is Hope - the sweet gift of Hope, that she IS there, no matter how long it's been since she has been seen, or even felt. Trust. Trust, that You, Trish - YOU have the Faith that She is in there and You have the talent, the generosity of spirit and the absolute God-given Gift to Show Her to the world.
And as sure as I know that, I am just as sure that no one has yet grasped the magnitude of this idea. Even me. I am overwhelmed by the feeling that this Gift(of the rarest kind, where each person receives, even those in the act of giving) - in all of it's power - is life changing. That it is a spark... lit by a Purpose... a sum greater than each individual ember - each Amazingly beautiful woman, shining bright in your light (defined equally as literal as figurative), that will burn Brighter together - Igniting; Spreading; Changing all in it's path - a path yet Unknown, to us..
A Supernova --- and of course, it was meant to be lit by You.
It was only right.