I take hundreds of photos every month, and most of them don’t get shared with anyone, let alone online. And yet the moments in time that those photos capture are just as important a part of our story as the other images that I do choose to share.
I originally created this blog as a method of documenting our lives, a way of watching the girls grow into who they’re going to be and a memory-box curated to represent who they once were. It’s something I want them to be able to look back on as they get older, because memories fade but (digital) photographs don’t. A legacy, of sorts.
It’s easy (and tempting) to only focus on sharing the fun bits, the memorable parts, the highlights and the celebrations. But I’m learning more and more as I continue through this wild journey of motherhood and life that it’s really important to me that I capture the ordinary, everyday times that we spend together. There’s magic in the mundane if you pay close enough attention – sometimes you have to actively look for it, and sometimes it’s right there in front of you.
I’ve started to include myself in the frame from time to time as well, because I was there too.
These images are the details – the pieces of the jigsaw that fill in the gaps to complete the bigger picture of ‘us’.
They offer tantalising glimpses into who the girls are becoming.
They tell the story of the chaos, the calm and all of the moments in between.
This feature – The Moments In Between – is a space for me to share all of those wonderfully imperfect and messy parts of family life that would otherwise just stay in a folder on my laptop, never to see the light of day.
MARCH, APRIL & MAY 2025
The last three months have been… intense. In oh-so-many ways.
There have been multiple birthdays and numerous exams and far more illnesses to contend with than is reasonable at this time of year (tonsillitis, a severe ear infection and migraines to name just a few). Time off school and magic light and tears and cat cuddles. Laughter and baking and too much screen time and funny little notes – I want to remember their handwriting forever. There have been nights out and goodbyes and empty spaces; adventures and working late and sleepless nights. The messy middle and the everyday ordinary.
It’s so easy to get caught up in simply surviving. Just making it through each day to the next. These photographs – so full of moments of us living – help me remember what I sometimes forget: that this is the whole point.
This was us, and all of our moments in between, throughout Spring 2025…
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