I have been thinking about motherhood and what it means to be a mother a lot recently and it is such an amazing journey. Often full of ups and downs and everything in between and hearing the word "Muummmmm" a million times a day! I wanted to share with you this poem by Donna Ashworth as I think it sums it up beautifully:
Being a mother is wearing your heart outside of your body
For the rest of your life, maybe more
It's joy and worry and heartache and fear all mixed in
like a wonderful kaleidoscope of love
So many colours
Being a mother is bearing the weight of a thousand rocks
On your shoulders, every day
Yet we would bear those rocks and more, gladly
Given the choice
Again and again
Being a mother is laughter and noise and messy kisses
It's soft hugs and salty tears to wipe away
Motherhood is joy like you've never known before
With pain and confusion
Am I enough?
Not being a mother is the hardest journey for some women to take
They would walk on glass, for eternity
To hold that little soul in their arms
Such grief
Such loss
Having a mother is a blessing not bestowed on all
She is your safe place, your anchor, your home
When she is gone, the world is amiss and you'd give
Anything you have and more
For one more hug
For the mothers, the daughters, the aunties, the carers, the foster parents
the teachers and anyone who takes a child into their hearts.
You are blessed, you are loved
You are celebrated
Today
So to celebrate Mother's Day I am offering some mini sessions where Mums can come and have some classic, beautiful up to date portraits done with their children. I know myself how often you find yourself taking the family photos rather than being in them. So now is your chance to get in front of the camera and make some wonderful memories with your children.
The mini Mother's day sessions will be held in my studio in Newark on Trent, I am offering two dates - Saturday the 19th of March and Sunday the 3rd of April. I am offering a date after Mother's day as it is a perfect gift for a special mother, so if you would like a voucher, please get in touch. The sessions will last around 20 minutes and we will get a variety of poses of you and your children having some fun! The session costs £50 which is payable at the time of booking, this will include two digital downloads from your online gallery and you can purchase more images at this point if you wish.
If you wish to book please follow the link below:
So to get some advertising photos for these sessions I set up my tripod one weekend and bribed James with some sweets to do a session with me. Everyone always apologises when their child doesn't behave or doesn't always want their photo taking in a session - believe me when I say I have been there! When we did this session, I got James changed into his nice shirt, I went to get changed and when I came down he was scoffing a big piece of chocolate cake from a party we had just been to and covered in chocolate! So we had to get changed again! I don't think James was feeling it this day, but I managed to get some lovely photos thankfully! I thought I would share some out-takes with you, these are the photos that we all have but they rarely tend to make a gallery, I thought it would be funny to share them, as it is the truth of being a mother! We have standard lying face down, hiding behind the flowers - which is actually quite a fun photo and then pretending to be asleep with tongue hanging out!
Simona xx
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