Daily Mantra:

kisses are a better fate
than wisdom.
{e.e. cummings}

dear Mikki and Katie…

serious topic this week. i promise that next week will be lighter and full of rainbows. as i sit watching you grow and evolve on almost a minute to minute basis, i am realizing that you will actually grow up. even though in my eyes you will always be my little girls, still playing in the tub and splashing and laughing and creating worlds of your own, the inevitable will happen.

if i had to offer any advice to anyone in the whole wide world, but especially to you two, it would be this: love and respect yourself. this will make life infinitely easier for you in the long run. whether you are 5 years old, 25 years old, or 55 years old, {or older!!} you will always find sad people who will try and strip you of your self worth and dignity. {as you would say Mikki, they are really NOT filling your bucket} loving yourself is easier said than done…it’s a constant struggle.  and you know what is worse…sometimes even YOU will  feel badly about YOU too.  remember to be nice and gentle to you because you are amazing. {Mommy knows these things}

i used to confuse self love with confidence, but as i get older i am starting to realize that they are completely different things.  confidence is something you can fake; you can even convince yourself that you are confident. love and respect for your inner you is something that has to be genuinely felt and worked toward.

and while you guys are working on it, i will work on it too. every day.

all my love darlings,

Mom

Daily Mantra:

“I don’t love myself, I am CRAZY about myself.”

{mae.west}

Daily Mantra:

{james.taylor}

Goodnight you moonlight ladies
Rockabye sweet baby James
Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose
Wont you let me go down in my dreams
And rockabye sweet baby James.

There are few things more exciting in life that bringing home a new little one.

Little James actually belongs to one my very first clients ever, so it was a homecoming of sorts too.

I am sure you remember this sweet girl with the beautiful red hair…Miss Sophie.

…she truly is embracing becoming a big sister.

Its a hard job.

Babies are a pure art…even if they do make you get up in the middle of the night.

There is so much connection in this family…so much fun and love, and it comes across in every photograph.