My Everythings | Gurnee Family Photographer
All of my heart right here…
I feel like these past 2 years of growing my business, I have really missed out on a lot with my kids. A lot. And this breaks my heart into a million little pieces.
How many smiles have I missed because I was browsing Facebook on my phone? My Son who is 15 months will come hand me my phone when its left somewhere like it was physically part of me. I get a little pang in my heart every time he does that.
How many giggles have I not gotten to hear because Mommy has to go return emails?
How many fears have I not gotten to help crush because I just wasn’t there?
They are only small once.
At the end of the day. It doesn’t matter how many Facebook likes I have, how fast I read and responded to an email, or how many likes a photo got.
They matter.
Priorities are changing. And these guys are becoming my #1 like they should be.
Putting down the cell phone. Scheduling time for business in my day. They need their Momma 100% more than anyone in this world.
I love these two so, so much.
*One of my goals this year is to photograph my own creatures more and actually print and canvas them*
Gurnee Family Photographer, Jessica Weinstock’s website can be found HERE and Facebook HERE
Gorgeous writing from your heart and gorgeous photos of your loves. This for sure hits clothes to home. Thanks for sharing, Jess.
Beautifully written blog post and even more beautiful pictures of your loves. Thanks for the reminder that this time when they are little is all to fleeting and we need to make sure we are documenting their memories as well, both in real like and in camera :)
I have struggled with this for the last 2 years myself. My phone crashed last month and I had to learn to live without it. The first few days were hard, but as the days wore on… I started to resent it. I hate my phone and realize that this business has consumed me at times.
I don’t want to hold my kids photos in my hands one day and realize that’s all I have of their childhood. A piece of paper… I want to keep them in my memory and soak them in. We know all too well as photographers that a photo is just 1/125 of a second of life. It’s the other 124/125 of that moment that I want to have WITH them.
Great post!
love this <3