11/27/2022
We had the honor of capturing our sweet friend Sirsha. She shared a beautiful and vulnerable post on her private account that she gave us permission to share here:
“My grandma used to always say that there’s no such thing as an ugly face, only an ugly heart. That true beauty is inside a person. I thought I knew what she meant but I still couldn’t look at photos of myself without wanting to cry. All I saw was rolls, curves in the wrong places, a double chin, crooked teeth. I thought I needed to learn how to love myself but really I needed to learn where my value came from. Learning to love myself didn’t start when I looked inward, it started when I looked toward Jesus. When he spoke to me and said that he is the one who assigns value, worth, beauty. It’s a process to unlearn habits like sticking out your chin and sucking in your tummy but it’s harder to unlearn the notion that your worth is in what others think of you, or even in beauty itself. These pictures feel like redemption because I can see myself in them and not just my face but my heart. And instead of weeping with hopelessness wondering if I could ever be loved, I want to weep with joy because I don’t wonder about that anymore. Thanks Micah and Kelly, for taking some really cool pictures of me, I like ‘em a lot.”
How rewarding to show your friends how beautiful they are. Sirsha, you’re a knockout and we love you ♥️