Grand Rapids Photographer // Made My Week – Vol 38!

Every parent faces it someday.  It feels as if the time is so far away, but sneaks up on you rather quickly.  Makes you happy and sad all at the same time….  What am I talking about..?  Preschool. 

So often I see moms tearing up during their child’s senior photo session.  I’m sure they feel the same way I’m feeling, but on a bigger, scarier level.  Time passes SO quickly and it’s just starting for me.  Growing up my parents would always say something like this, but I don’t believe that you can truly understand or feel the time passing until you have children of your own.  Life gets SO busy, there are SO many things to do, SO many places to be and SO many appointments to make.  I tell myself all the time that I need to re-prioritize and slow down.  And I’m trying, I really am.  Life just gets in the way.  My goal for the rest of this year (and next year, and the next and the next) is to slow down a little.  Make memories of my own and not only photograph memories for others.  Put my phone down and actually enjoy moments instead of always trying to stay caught up or always trying to “capture” the moment with a photograph.  However important I believe photographs to be, I want to be present in Addy’s life and be in front of the camera, so she has some photographs of me someday to cherish as I do hers.

After my life is said and done…..all that’s really important is living in heaven for eternity, the life I had with my family & relationships I made along the way and how I treated everyone I came into contact with.  I can’t be perfect, but I can certainly try…starting with today!  Logging off now and I’m going to go play with my little peanut.  Tonight belongs to her <3

January 2011 vs August 2014…..all of you mom’s of high school seniors can chime in now…..