We’re each a package deal of mess and majesty. We can’t divide the two so we just offer it all to our kids and you know what? It’s exactly the right combo to give. Doesn’t mean we don’t have to try, or improve, or apologize—but that being exactly who we are is the best thing we can be. And hallelujah for that.
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What if we stopped trying to be wise
Or happy
And just tried being ourselves
(Ironically we’d discover we’re already both and so much more
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In the potion of emotions: joy, otherness, belonging, loneliness, fear, ambition, tenderness, sacrifice, flow—the mix they make together is what feels like living out love.
I wrote these words with individual photos. They feel like the truest snapshots of my experience lately. And while I sometimes get wadded up about the fact that I’m sharing my mess and majesty together with celebrating yours, in the specific lies the universal. I hope that as I show my face, my heart–the good and the rocky and the breaky and the soaring–that you see yourself in it too, and that it inspires you to go love yourself and your people just a little better.
Hi hey hello it’s me Brooke human on the other side of the screen, the one who is aching to make beautiful images of you + yours because honestly–it feels like one of the biggest gifts i have to give the world, those reminders of how rich in love and beauty your life is. and it helps me love me and mine more. maybe those sound grandiose or extreme–but they’re no less true. contact me right here to book your family session, m’friend.
Family sessions are done in your home and favorite places, but if you’re visiting Utah destination family sessions can be done in studio or outdoors! Let’s make it happen, m’dear.
