Photo-a-Day 2017 :: Day 31

{Photo-a-Day Project: A personal project that I undertake every January for an entire month taking one photo a day of my children. This is the 9th year of this project.}

Last year, we ended this way.
With this same photo.
That photo now sits proudly framed in my room
And every day it sits as a reminder
Of you.
Of this project.
Of its importance
And it’s growth.
It therefore seems fitting that as we move forward
That this be the way we end each time
A frame by frame
Year by year reminder
Of you.
Then again – that is what this whole project is for
The very reason I do this each January.
The reason why I will continue each January
In celebration
Of you.

For memories //
2016

Photo-a-Day 2017 :: Day 30

{Photo-a-Day Project: A personal project that I undertake every January for an entire month taking one photo a day of my children. This is the 9th year of this project.}

You find the light
Even in the darkness.

Photo-a-Day 2017 :: Day 29

{Photo-a-Day Project: A personal project that I undertake every January for an entire month taking one photo a day of my children. This is the 9th year of this project.}

Nine years of this project.
Nine years of your hair.
Every year this memory gets harder.
Achingly so.
This used to be a way of me holding on the the past.
The curls that used to bring you back to
You
My first.
Of who you were.
But now I feel this is evolving into something more
Of who are are.
And who you are becoming.

For memories //
Year One.
Year Two.
Year Three.
Year Four.
Year Five.
Year Six.
Year Seven.
Year Eight.

Photo-a-Day 2017 :: Day 28

{Photo-a-Day Project: A personal project that I undertake every January for an entire month taking one photo a day of my children. This is the 9th year of this project.}

The “no photos this early mummy” photo.
Nailed it.

Photo-a-Day 2017 :: Day 27

{Photo-a-Day Project: A personal project that I undertake every January for an entire month taking one photo a day of my children. This is the 9th year of this project.}

Try as she might
To keep you in place
You break free.
As always.

Photo-a-Day 2017 :: Day 26

{Photo-a-Day Project: A personal project that I undertake every January for an entire month taking one photo a day of my children. This is the 9th year of this project.}

‘Straya Day.
Because it’s about celebrating diversity, right?
Even in these two.
#changethedate

Photo-a-Day 2017 :: Day 25

{Photo-a-Day Project: A personal project that I undertake every January for an entire month taking one photo a day of my children. This is the 9th year of this project.}

From the quiet
And depths in shadow
You roar.

Photo-a-Day 2017 :: Day 24

{Photo-a-Day Project: A personal project that I undertake every January for an entire month taking one photo a day of my children. This is the 9th year of this project.}

“I like my hair in this one”
You said to me as I was showing you the photos I took today.
Ok Bucket, ok.
That’s reason enough for me.

Photo-a-Day 2017 :: Day 23

{Photo-a-Day Project: A personal project that I undertake every January for an entire month taking one photo a day of my children. This is the 9th year of this project.}

There is never just one right way.
In life.
In art.
In slip and slide battles.

Photo-a-Day 2017 :: Day 22

{Photo-a-Day Project: A personal project that I undertake every January for an entire month taking one photo a day of my children. This is the 9th year of this project.}

Six years ago,
I photographed you on a day in January
Showcasing your love for puzzles.
Today
I have done the same.
But – this image for me is so much more
Than simply just you and a puzzle.
It is proof
Of this project
Of your journey
Of you.