My son, Julius, turned 11 this year. And I'm not quite sure how it happened. As we age we start to hear ourselves saying those age old expressions. "It goes too fast," "Don't blink," and "stop growing." I always used to tell Julius that I was going to find his stop growing button and push it. He used to get so upset and shout "you can't do that!" and he was right, I couldn't. 

These swiftly passing years handed me such an incredible, passionate, talented, and intelligent son. He is more than I could have ever imagined, and I could not be more proud of him. 

Having a mom as a photographer isn't always the easiest growing up. We always want to document EVERYTHING. take photos EVERYWHERE. I think in the last few years the importance of that in me has gained more momentum. As most of my followers know I was FINALLY diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, seven years after my first dance with the monster. A cruel symptom of multiple sclerosis is it can affect your memory, in many ways. So images are everything. Images are the time stoppers. Images are the givers back of time. 

I have been taking Julius' "school" images for his whole life. While I appreciate the awkwardness and hilarity of them, I still always take my own. This is his 6th grade photo. Seriously though , can someone explain to me how I have  6th grader ???!!!