If you are thinking about sending photo Christmas cards to friends this year with a photo without you in it, this moving piece by momblogger Allison Tate might just change your mind. Her revelation about giving her own children a visual memory of herself through pictures revealed the reasons why moms should stop avoiding having pictures of themselves taken, especially pictures of themselves with their kids.
Here some of the poignant reasons from Ms. Tate’s piece that we at LookLoveSend hope convinces moms to put themselves in this year’s Christmas cards with photos:
“Our sons need to see how young and beautiful and human their mamas were.”
Accept yourself as a member of the human race, and rejoice that you are so very much alive to be part of your children’s lives. So put yourself in the picture as a very human, alive person!
“Too much of a mama’s life goes undocumented and unseen.”
Think of the time you spend doing and worrying about so many little things that matter so much to your kids. Put yourself in the picture for them to see you!
“I’m everywhere in their young lives, and yet I have very few pictures of me with them.”
You surely have so many pictures of them to carry with you to enjoy, but shouldn’t you give them the same to have, to enjoy now and carry forward in their lives? Put yourself in the picture so they can carry you everywhere with them going forward.
“I want them to see the way I looked at them, see how much I loved them. I am not perfect to look at and I am not perfect to love, but I am perfectly their mother.”
You might be having a bad hair day, are in need of shower, or can’t lose those ten (or more!) pounds, but your kids don’t care. Put yourself in the picture not as a perfect mother, but the perfect mother for your kids!
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