I asked my 9 year old daughter what her earliest memory was. She remembers playing with her cousins in England when her hair was short (that would be around 4 and a half years ago when she was 5 years old). She remembers because of the photos and videos she's seen....
Grief, loss and motherless mothering
Nostalgia, and photos that become our family history
My childhood was entirely 'analogue'. Over the the last couple of weeks I've been scanning old family photos that I've inherited from my Grandma so that I can share them with my brother back in the UK. We live in a digital world now. Sharing has got a whole lot...
the power of a single image.
As I excitedly made my way through the gallery of photos from our newborn session with Eline, this one stopped me in my tracks. With tears welling in my eyes, it held my gaze and I couldn't look away. ** Trigger Warning: I write about mothers, motherless mothering,...
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