I am writing this blog post more as a mother then a photographer. As I watch my three kids learn , change, and grow up I can only sit back and hope for the best. We lead and guide them as much as we can but in the end we all know what they are or become is up to them.
We hope for them to choose the right path but there are times they might not. All we can do is sit there with open arms and wait for them to find there way back to us again. I know growing up I have many inner battles with wanting to go down the wrong path but thanks to my own mother and other people close to me I always found my way back home. She was my lantern! I tell my kids day in and day out that I love them and that no matter what I will always be there for them. No matter what happens to them or what path they go down I will always be there for them. There will never be anything that they can't talk to me about and I want them to know that I will be their lantern.
Thank you so much to the models Lexi and Melerie who stuck it out in the cold with us and a huge thank you to
FedArgon Photography, LLC and KevinMaxPhotography for shooting with me and inviting me :)
This was a really creative and interesting concept shoot. Well done!
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I love your lantern analogy. Singing this song to Aura since before she was born is my way of saying the same thing. Well, it isn't really about her choosing between being good and bad, but saying the same thing that you are to your kids, that I'll always be there to guide her, love her, and support her.
ReplyDelete"When you have no light to guide you
And no one to walk beside you
I will come to you
Oh, come to you
When the night is dark and stormy
You won't have to reach out for me
I will come to you
Oh, come to you
Sometimes when all your dreams may have seen better days
And you don't know how or why, but you've lost your way
Have no fear when your tears are fallin'
I will hear your spirit callin'
And I swear that I'll be there come what may
'Cause even if we can't be together
I’ll be with you, now and forever
And I swear that I'll be there come what may
When the night is dark and stormy
You won't have to reach out for me
I will come to you
Oh I will come to you
We all need somebody we can turn to
Someone who'll always understand
So if you feel that your soul is dyin'
And you need the strength to keep tryin'
I'll reach out and take your hand
When you have no light to guide you
And no one to walk beside you
I will come to you
Oh I will come to you
When the night is dark and stormy
You won't have to reach out for me
I will come to you"