I’ve been so lucky over the last 4 years to have become friends with some amazing women. Women that have followed my journey from engagement to marriage to motherhood and all the traumas that these life-altering events take. I’ve laughed with them often, and cried with them at times as well. I’ve experienced, through their stories, things that I hope never to experience first-hand. As a community, we’ve offered support to women who’ve lost pregnancies, full-term babies, husbands and other loved ones. We’ve pulled together to support friends who’ve had awful diagnoses of PND and cancer (amongst others). These women were, at times, my lifeline.
I’ve not even met most of them. They’re all people that I met online, through a pregnancy and child raising web forum. And yet, I’d drop everything to help any one of them if they needed me – and I know that they feel the same.
The world has become a smaller place, thanks to the wonder of the internet.
My life is changing right now – I’m beginning to relax into motherhood far more and, as a result, I’ve been broadening my outlook, focusing on me again, my hopes and dreams. It was out of this re-focus that eliza claire photography was born.
I’m continuing to get support and encouragement from these friends, and I’m discovering even more ‘virtual’ friends through flickr . I had a bit of a crisis of confidence earlier, and posted on one of the flickr groups I frequent. I was truly touched by the kind, insightful, and helpful advice I got from my fellow photographers.
I also want to publicly thank Stacy Reeves for her blog post from yesterday – she’s produced an amazing price guide for wedding photographers which is going to help me in my pursuit of a successful business. Stacy is so kind and generous, giving her advice and time freely to help her fellow photographers. And an amazing photographer to boot. Doesn’t she sound just too perfect?? Thanks, Stacy x.
To all my virtual friends, here’s a great big virtual snog xxxxx
Beautifully put!