Reflection

I took a year off, and I'm about to start another 365. Why? Becuase I look back at the 365 I did in 2022 and realize all the moments that I've missed documenting in 2023.

2023 was a rough year for me, with the sudden loss of our beloved Snowy, our family dog, who made our lives more wholesome than we could have ever imagined, to the slow and agonizing loss of my mom to cancer only a month later. The sad moments and the unknown seemed to last forever, without realizing how much it actually affected me, becuase as a mom, you have other things to focus on and you don't have time to grieve - at least not in its entirety.

I reminisce over the moments captured between my mom and my kids - grandma who is no longer here, over moments between my boys and Snowy, another loved one no longer here. And I'm so grateful for having done the 365 in 2022, when everyone was still healthy enough to be making meaningful memories, memories that I was fortunate to be able to capture.

But here we are, at the end of the year, and I'm ready to move forward, to start creating more memories with the kids, to be more present in the moment. That's one of the things I miss most about the 365 - I couldn't believe all the things that we did together, the trek's to the beach, the memories we made just by being together.

Its December 2023 now, and my creative juices are flowing, I'm getting excited to get back into photography for the first time in a long while.