There is a Blogger Mommy on the internet that totally gets the reality of the struggle. The struggle that moms don’t have enough pictures of themselves with their kids.
Y’all we have to do better.
I have tried, so hard, to make memorable and fun experiences for my kids. I have tons of pictures of them doing all the fun things — with their dad.
I am missing from most of the pictures. Although I was there, you’d never realize it, because I’m the one behind the camera!
Blogger, Sophie Cachia, feels my pain! She posted a candid photo of herself with her son, and it was taken by her husband.
She captioned the Instagram picture:
Dear Men, Take the photo. Take the god damn photo. We spend days capturing beautiful moments of you and the kids. So whenever you see one of us with our babies, a beautiful candid moment, take the bloody god damn photo.
Sophie Cachia on Instagram
She had an overwhelming amount of feedback and women are commenting things like:
She is SO freaking right! It shouldn’t matter how we think we look. It shouldn’t matter that the situation may be a hot mess. It doesn’t matter if the house is clean.
What IS important, is that we don’t lose these memories with our children.
Yes, we will always cherish the fun in our minds, but will the kids remember? I want them to be able to look back at a picture, and think, “Yeah, I had fun with MOM that day, too!”
It may never be the PERFECT time to take a photo, but Daddy’s for goodness sakes, pull out that phone, and snap that picture!
Forget pushing items out of view – those raw, authentic pictures are EXACTLY what we need to be taking. Those are the real moments our kids will remember.
Still, posed shots are great, but it is the candid shots we will look back on, and remember with fondness.
So, when in doubt, pull it out — the camera, that is! Please, for the love of the memories, take more pictures of Mommy and her kids!
