04/07/2026
Today I turn 26.
Yesterday, a little more than 5 months postpartum & on my birthday eve, I stood in front of my own camera for the first time since becoming a mother.
I’ve done bo***ir before, more times than i can count. I’ve always believed in what these images do for a woman’s soul, I mean it’s literally why I built my entire career around it.
i’d be lying if i said this time didn’t feel different.
i think it’s because this time I wasn’t just a photographer who believes in the process. I’m a mother who’s only 5 months beyond growing and birthing a whole human being, standing there in a body I’m just beginning to know again.
I won’t pretend that I wasn’t nervous… in fact, I almost talked myself out of it three times before I even picked up the lingerie.
I kept thinking about every woman who has ever sat across from me and said “I’m not ready yet,” or “i’m not prepared to explore this side of myself.” Candidly, I thought the same… But I if I won’t show up for myself, how can i keep asking them to?
So I did it. For me.
This body is softer than it was before. It has marks it didn’t have before. It feeds a baby and grew a life and carried me through the hardest and most beautiful year I’ve ever known.
And yesterday, for the first time since becoming a mom, I let it be seen. Exactly as it is. No waiting. No apology.
That felt like the most honest birthday gift I could give myself.
If you’ve been waiting until you feel ready, I want you to know that I see you. I was you yesterday.
To think i almost kept myself from my full self… no one should live like that.
if you’re a mother, freshly postpartum or just feeling disconnected with yourself, I want you to know that this is a space reserved for you to reconnect with and explore yourself fully.
Stay close. I’m doing something very special for postpartum moms this Mother’s Day. I think you’ll really enjoy what’s coming 🤍
