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Photography isn't just about capturing that perfectly put-together picture. It also can help us say things that our words would otherwise fail to adequately say.
I know mothers will see many different reflections and situations of themselves reflected in this image; they have already. I've had over 280 comments on various threads already in just a couple days. That was my hope. That women would recognize something in this that spoke to them and find some validation, a sense of feeling understood. You aren't alone.
The pressure on moms today is very high. Not only do we tend to be the ones running the house entirely, paying bills, cleaning, cooking, groceries, keeping up on dates, appointments, play-dates, children's needs, their homework, help our spouse, be the backbone of strength and determination for the family, and endless more, we often need to be working in some way to bring in an income as well. We find ourselves sacrificing in many ways, and juggling so many things in order to keep our family succeeding. Often times we feel our juggling is faltering and we begin to feel like we are trying so hard to succeed at everything that we aren't succeeding at anything. We clutch the desire to succeed close to our chests while we feel like the world around us is falling apart and overwhelming us. All you moms who see something of yourself here. Know, you aren't alone. You aren't failing. You are amazing. You are valued. You are loved.
Household CEO, chef to the pickest eaters, cheerleader, housekeeper, taxi driver, judge, referee, psychologist, counselor, comforter, hair stylist, wet-bed changer, errand runner, bill payer, laundry doer, teacher, toy repair, tear dryer, finance manager, art director, landscaper, potty trainer, child safety coordinator, toothbrusher, bath lead, personal shopper, PTA attender, play-date coordinator, birthday event director, sleep scientist, monster patrol, story teller, listener, boo-boo fixer, appointment maker, health-monitor, stain-remover, growth-watcher, bodyguard, wardrobe fixer, shoe-size checker, vitamin distributor, medication checker, packer, un-packer, re-packer, list checker, preparation manager, vacation planner, planner for the "what ifs", encourager for the "hopes", bed-time and wake-up alarm clocks, day-to-day family coordinator, family birth-date keeper, Christmas card writer, family photo taker, fridge cleaner, tupper-ware sniffer, child clothes size checker, sock matcher, lost toy finder, homework helper, love giver, disciplinarian, college-planner, dream-cultivator, night-mare banisher, extended-family manager, husband-encourager, help-meet, bed-mate, clothes picker-upper, volunteer, time-giver, server, sleep-loser, body-sacrificer, appearance-keeper, personal-dream-delayer, self-sacrificer, worker, provider, worrier, protector, instructor, fear-squasher, bravery-building, deep-emotion-feeling, sister, daughter, friend, mother, wife, woman.
Human.
Worthy.
Capable.
To Be Cherished.
...even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
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