Do you remember, when you were little? It was you and me, together at all times. You wouldn’t leave my side, you crawled aged 6 months because you could’t bear to be any distance from me. Desperate to reach my legs so that I’d pull you up and hold you tight, only ever wanting to be held by me. Tiny little determined girl with only a tad bit of blond hair and big green eyes. Just going anywhere took forever because everyone wanted to stop me and tell me what a gorgeous child you were people we knew, and strangers who we’d never met before. Time went on, situations and circumstances changed, and you struggled a little. I tried to catch you, tried to hold you up as best I could but I know life felt tough sometimes. Learning to cope with things that are not always simple has been a hard lesson for you, and hard for me to watch you try to find your way. Terribly hard, because all I ever wanted from the time you were born was to see you happy. There’s such a fine line between running towards you to catch you and willing you to steady yourself before you fall. If I had one wish for you, it would be to be able to take your worries away, just as I did when you were small. I don’t have the ability to do that anymore, but I know you’ll be ok. You are so much stronger then you think.

And when I look at your nine year old face, I remember your teeny little arms around my neck, clinging onto me as though your life depended on it. That is something that I will carry with me, forever


Sahlin Studio:
Handmade Flowers: Autumn Sun
Autumn Moon (papers and elements)
Autumn Afternoon Papers
Autumn Frost Elements
Autumn Afternoon Felt Flowers
Everyday Love

Michelle Godin:
Fallin in Love

Heather Joyce:
The Gradeschool