“We need to step in the frame with them more...our precious daughters. We want them to remember we were right there with them. We are a part of their story. So we are documenting these chapters in their stories, including the heart in their lives that will always wrap around theirs...their mothers. Writing letters from our hearts to theirs, along the way. ❤️
I have joined up with a dear friend, and fellow mother of girls, to create this love letter, self-portrait project with our daughters. Follow along on our journey of love through #legacyoflovemyletterstoyou on Instagram.”
My Love Letter to You,
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This is the first in what will hopefully be a continual set of letters and images that I plan to give to one or both of you each month. Along with my letter to you will be an image of us. Maybe this will be my legacy of love to you or maybe they will just end up being the ramblings of your mother. Either way this project is important to me and I hope that some day you they will be equally as important to you. ⠀
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I have a feeling that these are going to start off a little rough, a little unpolished. I think you will learn that most things in life start that way. It takes time, practice, patience, and a willingness to show up and try. There may even be times when you start something with blank slate and a vision, that it turns into something entirely different through the process. You may think you’ve messed it up or you’ve wrecked it, but really what it turned in to was an entirely different kind of beautiful. ⠀⠀
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I need you to know what my core values are. What it is that I believe and stand for. I hope that I model these to you daily so that they may grow to be your values as well. ⠀⠀
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Honesty.
Kindness.
Love.
Family.
Adventure & Exploration.
Openness.
Growth.
Passion.
Courage.
Creativity.
There are many other values that I have, but these make the top of my list. Our values can shift and evolve over time, but I think the essence of them will always remain in there somewhere. I need you to know that is not just important to treat those around with these, but to make sure that you are you doing this towards yourself as well.
I think all too often we can forget how important a piece of the puzzle is, we can be. What happens when we forget to be honest, kind, and loving towards ourself?
The last thing that I am going to leave you with, my beauty baby girls, is that you were once only a dream I had. A vision that I would someday get to be a mother, your mother. You are my living proof that dreams can come true.
Love always and forever,
Mom