I just knew before I had kids I wanted to be with them full time. I had been a nanny and worked with kids in many capacities over the years. I was so sure I would love being at home all the time. When Rufus was born I stayed home with him for nearly two years and loved so much about it. But you know what? I was also bored. So bored. And it was so hard! The idyllic moments I had imagined were not in the majority.
Read MoreInto Motherhood: A monthly photo + poem series inspired from authentic interviews with everyday moms.
Lindsay and her husband welcomed their darling daughter, Jo, in the spring of 2020. It was an anxious time for many of us, but especially so for Lindsay, who had to face the unknowns of a pandemic while caring for a newborn.
Read MoreA series of photographs and words about what it is like to be a mother during a pandemic, isolated at home. How we are feeling with so much change and so many fears. By photographing mothers through the window, I aimed to explore that feeling of being needed and wanted all the time as a mother, which is amplified during this pandemic. The physicality of the everyday with young kids. The two sides that each moment brings of being so loved and in love with your family, and wanting an escape. The mundane things that you have to do over and over. The beautiful things that have come from a forced togetherness.
Over the past 12 weeks I spoke with and interviewed both mothers I photographed and mothers who are a part of my community and life. The following is what they had to say:
Read MoreSpending time with Jessica and Penelope allowed me some peace of mind. They were just this perfect little duo. In these photos when it looks like it is the two of them in their own world, it absolutely was. I felt in that moment that if I only ever had Rufus, it would be so special in its own way. On the other hand, I immediately wanted a sassy, snuggly, precocious little girl of my own. Jessica was a winner of my motherhood session giveaway and I could not have been happier. I love what Jessica says in her interview about how hard it is! Haha. It just is so much MORE than I could have imagined. When you are so invested on being the best mother you can be, it takes every ounce of energy and love, not to mention time, that you have. Here is Jessica and Nellie’s Seattle studio mother-daughter photo session and Jessica’s thoughts on motherhood:
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