Personal Blogs.
Let’s go back in time. It’s 2012. A 16 year old me gives birth to a tiny 6lb13oz you. She thinks she has it all figured out, but she has no idea what she’s doing. This journey has been a rollercoaster adventure, through different homes, friends come and gone. Toys and furniture come and go. …
Can you find the hidden pug in this photo?
Not every child learns the same way. Me? I was a little academic with my nose in a book. My son? He’d rather be out in the mud and playing games, or working out how things work? He’s hands on. He’s active and happy and perfect, but he struggles to concentrate in standardised tests. So …
And it’s exhausting. So exhausting that we think about giving up so many times a day, just because we just can’t do it anymore. Even small amounts of pain can be tiring, living in constant pain is heart-shattering and soul-sucking.
I can’t help but think, as I lie awake at night: it must be wonderful to be illness-free. To be able to function normally, and to the best of your ability. To not be held back by both mental and physical restraints, that seem to turn everything you try and do to shit. It must …
Running your own business is stressful. Not only do you have to act as the employee and the employer, but you have to set your own rules to come off with the right brand appearance and professionalism to suit you: and if you get these wrong, it could seriously impair your business, meaning that clients …
The moments I will treasure the most are those sleepy cuddles. The ones right before bed, when he is just on the edge of sleep; cuddling up to me and smiling, dozing in a happy dream. When I can memorise every freckle of his face, kiss his cheek softly and stroke his unruly hair: golden …
Girls, (and boys) have you ever been left in the dirt by a man? Left to mourn for the other half of your person? When heartbreak shatters your world – and I’m talking about the type of soul-shattering heartbreak that sparks true grief in your mind -your life all but crumples and you wonder, in …
It’s so sad to see so many small business owners completely undervaluing themselves these days. Providing their services for pennies; at prices that mean they are earning barely minimum wage- or not even making a profit- just because they haven’t worked for the confidence to charge what their are worth. Now, it is entirely one’s …
Like many fellow wedding photographers, I am forever searching for new gadgets to add to me ever-growing arsenal of gear. I’m not ashamed to admit that I have an addiction, an addiction to staying up late and browsing hundreds of web pages to find the perfect lens, the perfect filter and perfect bag for this career.
