I belong to a monthly “Letter to Our Daughters” blog circle with some fantastic moms from my women’s photography forum. I had been posting my letters to my personal blog, but in an effort to open up to my wonderful clients and show you all a little more of my life, I’m going to try posting them here.

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My Eva,

Another September and the tradition roles on. For the past 6 years, every year of your life plus 1 while I was pregnant with you, we have gone to the Minnesota State Fair with Baba and Auntie Maria. This year, we even added your new baby cousin into the mix and you both were so well behaved. That is, until it was time for me to take some photos.  You are my smiling, giggling, goofball girl… and yet people must think I torture you with how solemn you look in photos. Can mommy just get one smile? One real, genuine, little minx smile that lets the world know you’re in there in that pretty blonde head of yours and that you are, in fact, enjoying yourself? I mean, it is a fair after all!

I was able to snap a few when you were turned away but do mommy a favor and start looking at my when I call your name, even if I have my camera in hand. Okay? Otherwise, we’re going to wind up at your high school graduation party and those cool collages that every mom makes of photos from your childhood is going to be an awkward compilation of back-of-head shots and side-eye glances.

Until next year, sweet cheese curd mecca.

Love,

Mom

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