Christina's Blog

I love playing with word clouds and thought I’d share the cloud made from my “about me” page here on my blog – this is just from the section where I describe my style of photography.  I love it!

Word Cloud designed by Wordle

Announcing the “Spring Blooms” Portrait Event for Children – May 2011

Come celebrate the magic of childhood with beautiful outdoor mini-sessions designed to be quick and easy… and FUN!  Sessions will be held May 20-21 at the JC Raulston Arboretum in Raleigh and May 22 at Sears Farm Rd Park in Cary.  I promise this will be way more fun than wandering the aisles of Target this week-end or teaching your kids to share the family game console – and you get to check off the “get updated portraits of kids” part of your to-do list.  All sessions are available by appointment only and your session fee of $65 will be applied towards your choice of 3 print packages.

Check out the details and let me know if you have any questions!

In honor of Mother’s Day, I thought it would be fun to share my Top 10 list of “Things You Don’t Realize Until You Become a Mother” (and sometimes not until you’ve been a mother for many years…)

10.  Mother’s Day should really be a whole weekend!

9.  Deep sleep is just a dream you once had… you know, when you used to sleep deeply.

8.  Toilet paper should always be bought in bulk.

7.  You certainly can’t protect your children from everything, but no amount of hearing that phrase will ever change your instinct to do so.

6.  There is a big difference between ‘asking” and “telling”.

5.  Socks really do mysteriously disappear in the dryer.

4.  No two children are alike, and some aren’t even like themselves half the time.

3.  Laundry day is a misnomer.

2.  Getting out the door takes an additional 15 minutes per child, more if your husband is helping.

1.  There is nothing more powerful, heart-filling, soul-shaking, mind-bending, ever-lasting, or beautiful than the love a mother has for her child.

I wish every mother on the planet a wonderful Mother’s Day full of warmth and laughter and special, cherished memories.  We may each speak different languages, celebrate different holidays, make different choices, or have different parenting methods but we are united by this gift of motherhood and I’d like to think we all cherish it in our own ways.

And to my own two children… Jillian and Zander, you have been the most amazing things to ever happen to me and I am without words to express how much I love you both.  To the moon and back, again and again…