Four years ago I started a project to take one photo every day for a year. I made it from January to September...and then my life went...kaboom. I separated from my husband, my just 4 year old daughter and I moved into a tiny little house and I went from housewife/stay at home mother to working two jobs and trying not to freak out about what I had just decided to do. It seemed crazy. It was crazy. And four years later I can't say that I've got it all figured out and everything is perfect now, life is still a lot of hard work and a mixed bag of mistakes and lessons learned and small steps towards "better".
In a strange way my old photo project (which you can find here if you're curious) felt like a catalyst to much of the change that happened that year. I literally turned the lens towards my own life and that much introspection can be a bit dangerous to the status quo. But that is such a GOOD thing. I'll take chaos and hardship in the name of truth over complacency any day.
So hear it goes again. Time to shake things up a bit. Not that I'm looking to make my life implode again, just ready to be aware of everyday. And of course ready to make more images that I love and can look back on and remember this year. Because I think it may be a good one, just a hunch.
This of course is my lovely daughter, Josephine. Seven now, and everyday feeling less like a child and more like my best friend that I just happen to pack lunch for everyday. There were some much more silly, fun shots from today that would have been a better representation of her, but this one stood out to me.
Til tomorrow,
Meg
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