Have you heard this quote? 





When I was pregnant with my oldest (who’s now 23), my husband and I bought our first digital camera—a Canon with digital zoom. At the time, it felt so high-tech. But we quickly realized it had a one-second delay between pressing the shutter and capturing the image. One second was too long once our baby started crawling.

So, my husband surprised me with my first DSLR. From that moment on, I couldn’t document life fast enough. I had found my way of remembering. Now, nearly 19 years into being a photographer, I know without a doubt that this is still the best way to hold onto the here and now. Because once a moment passes, there’s no going back. This is why my approach is centered on what’s happening right now—life as it is, flaws and all.

That’s the beauty of being human and living on this ever-changing planet. Not to get too woo-woo, but the leaves on the trees, the water in the creek, and the kiddo splashing through it won’t look the same in a month or a year. Helping our memory hold onto those small, real, blink-and-you-miss-it details... that’s part of the story, too.

The biggest lie I tell myself is that I don’t need to write that down, I’ll remember it.