a motherhood session + my one hope

we recently did a motherhood session with a photographer who took photos of parks and i right before nash was born + when the boys met for the first time in the hospital. she is wonderful and captured this season for us so well.
forever going to love these…

my hope as a mother | 

more than anything, i want to be a safe place for my children. a judgement-free, welcoming, place of pure love for them to land
where they can grow into whatever they were made to be;
a place where they can be as authentic as they want to be.
all of their friends, too.
possibly an escape …

i am a big believer in unstructured play
and hope my kids (and their friends) 
can explore and roam in the woods behind our house if they want
isn’t there a freedom in nature
making forts and stick homes
like i grew up doing on dairy farms and in the country of the midwest 
but usually with hay
to play in the mud, go barefoot, enjoy the fresh air
be bored. 

i want them to know they are supported, safe, and seen.
i want them to feel my unconditional love
each and every day.

“give yourself
permission
to be where 
you are

and
to still be loved 
for it.”

parks james | six years
nash charlie | almost four

less than two months before we meet this precious baby boy/girl

my dress | nothingfitsbut
boys’ clothes and my shoes | target
photos by stephanie wiseman photography