This is an email I received this morning from Alex. She had 10 pictures attached but I could not figure out how to get them on the page! I must take a class in this blogging thing...I have so many things to learn!
Back to the portrait...I still love the one previously posted and I respect and honor my daughter's right to disagree! Her photos are wonderful too.
Hey mommy-
So I read your blog. I meant nothing personal about not liking the picture. And I do feel really bad because
you did try on it and I was kinda a bitch about it. But it was a really cute idea and I wish I liked it more. But here are a bunch of pictures that to me capture what that picture does to you. I love the relationship that I have with Stevie and Tori. It is cool when you get a picture that you think can capture that because it doesn't happen very much. And all the pictures don't have to be posed.
Love,Zaie
Oh and there is a picture of me and you in here that I LOVE and the one of the family that i think is really really good!!!
Kathy!!! The entire family!!! I love seeing all of you...I can now officially visualize all of you. Incredible!
I need to catch up with you and on Sunday I'll email you...I hope you're having a fabulous weekend and I'm anxious for a Stevie update, too!
xoxoxox
Posted by: Jennifer White | February 22, 2009 at 01:13 AM
i love that she sent you the one's SHE likes!!!!
and aren't they adorable! BEAUTIFUL FAMILY!
also, i really like the "hope" collage you did. that sounds perfect to have a one on one class with someone. inspiring as usual!!!
wishing you a beautiful Sunday.
xo
kim
Posted by: kim beller | February 22, 2009 at 08:36 AM
Kids that are beautiful on the inside as well as the outside! How special they must be. ~ Jacque
Posted by: Jacque | February 22, 2009 at 09:39 PM
Sweet friend, I love BOTH perspectives. I can definitely see why you loved the portrait you chose and how it struck you the way that it did. I think that when we are young, it's mostly about how we "look" in a photo and not about the moments that are quietly captured. I cannot tell you how many pictures I absolutely adore of my four girls, which they absolutely hate. Your daughters might see the closed eyes or the natural expression the you are so familiar with, but that they do not see all of the time. Your favorite portrait DOES display how your girls feel about one another even though it may not be posed or perfect in their eyes. I understand, and I love the portrait.
I also love the pictures that your daughter chose. They represent the love that she feel for her family and the joy that comes from being young! I think they are perfect, as well.
As Mothers, we have a totally different perspective. We see the absolute beauty that is caught in the not-so-perfect photos. We see the connection. We see the soul.
Either way, I think that your daughters will grow to appreciate that gift that you gave them. Someday, they will see themselves through different eyes, and that is when they will understand everything that makes you love that portrait.
Don't let your girls ruin the way that the portrait makes you feel. Just realize that you are at different stages of life and therefore, view things through different eyes, and that is OK.
Love,
Debbie
Posted by: Debbie | February 23, 2009 at 06:13 PM
That is the sweetest thing ever!
Posted by: lisa | March 02, 2009 at 07:48 PM