Mother's Day blog post::Grand Rapids Children, Newborn, & Family Photographer

"A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie." 
 Tenneva Jordan

I'm a week late but I wanted to post this.  Better late than never, I guess. :)

Thank you to all of the Mother's and their beautiful children who participated in the Mommy & Me Mini Sessions this year.  I enjoyed the time we spent together during our sessions and found myself tearing up during many of the hours I spent working on each of your galleries.  There is no greater love than that of a Mother for her children.  Truth.

Each women in these photographs holds a very different story on how she came to be a mother.  Each story uniquely beautiful in it's own way.  For some, the journey to motherhood is effortless. And for others, like myself, it is a struggle every step of the way.  No matter how we get there the end result is a love that knows no limits. 

For the past 2 1/2 years I have said that the greatest gift I have ever been given is my son.  For years I was convinced that I was never going to be called Mommy. Years of sadness, anger, and sometimes jealousy left me questioning and resenting my body because it would not do what a women's body was supposed to do.  And now, as I write this post with my perfect (to me) little guy snuggled next to me (asking if he can watch 'just one more cartoon before bed') I know that it all happened exactly the way it was supposed to happen.  He is worth every second of that wait. 

 This particular set of mini sessions held a very special place in my heart.  When I look at these images I see more than just a mother and child.  I see her feeling her baby kick for the first time. I see a new life being placed in her arms after hours & hours of labor.  I see being up all night with a sick child and worrying endlessly about a cough that's lasting a little too long.  I see the excitement of hearing her child's first words and her heart skipping a beat when her baby gives her that first hug and kiss. 

Again, thank you ladies for allowing me to create these magical images with you and those glorious children! 

Happy Mother's Day (Hey, it's still May)! 


KLP

And finally, here are MY boys.  They fill my heart with love and my life with joy. They have made my life better than I ever could have imagined. 

And if I thought my heart couldn't fill any more... we eagerly await the arrival of our little girl just a few short months from now.  God is so good. 

Making a decision to have a child--it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.
Elizabeth Stone