My daughter recently turned 9. She is remarkable, beautiful, kind, caring.... I could go on forever! She is always so good to let me photograph her, even if she really doesn't want to do it. As parents, we want our children to be happy, to love, be loved.... and to love themselves!! For the past four months, this lovely lady has been down in the dumps. She felt she had no self worth, no talent, that she was ugly, fat... you get the idea. Breaks my heart. I worry for our children who live in this society of photoshop and size 2 models. None of us can measure up to that!
So.... I was on a mission. I wanted my girl to see what I see! I let her choose where she wanted to have her pictures done. She chose Utah Lake. Unfortunately, we were about 15 minutes late getting there, so the sun was pretty much gone! (face palm). We stuck around ... I mean, the girl got all dolled up, so we couldn't just leave. She had fun, wind and all!
Reveal day..... would she like her photos? To my surprise, she LOVED them!! She even said she looks really pretty! OF COURSE YOU DO, AVA!!! (sigh) now...to keep those thoughts in her darling little head.
