Mums, on an average day, how many photographs do you take of your little ones? 10? 20? Or less?
Candid, sweet, funny and touching snapshots that don’t seem like much, but tell an amazing story and are worth the entire world.
Now ask yourselves, how many photographs do you have WITH your children?
Not selfies, or posed photos on birthdays and family gatherings – but raw everyday shots that capture particular moments of happiness. Bathtime, reading stories in bed, baking cakes…
How many photographs are you actually in? Or are you more likely to be behind the camera?
With mums waaaaay more likely to snap away at their kids and their husbands – a powerful Facebook post has urged dad’s to take more photographs of their wives with their kids, before it’s too late.
Motivational speaker Kaylin Maree Schimpf wrote the post, which has now gone viral.
The beautiful post reads:
“Dear men.... take the photo...
It doesn't matter what she looks like, or if she tells you no, take the photo. You may not think about it often, or at all honestly. But how many photos does she capture of you, of your family and of your life you've built. But when she is gone, those photos won't show your children the women who was behind the camera.
"Take the photo. Messy hair, no make up or a dirty old t-shirt won't matter to your children when she is gone someday. What will matter is that you loved what you saw enough to take a photo, to document it, to preserve that moment in time of the woman you love. No woman wants to look back at a lifetime of selfies.
"Do what she does for you every day, and snap a few moments in time.Be proud. Take photos of her. Before kids and after.
Just take the photo...."
Feel like you need inspo? Take some advice from Channing Tatum, he takes the most amazing photographs of his wife Jenna Dewan - often without her knowledge.
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**Has this make you think? Will you ask your husband to photograph you more? **
Don't forget: pictures are priceless and often last a lifetime.
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