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being a woman is a gift

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In a matter of days the Mom 2.0 Exhibit will be installed and available to see at the FotoFest gallery in Houston, Texas, even before the Mom 2.0 reception. This video was made for the show. I can say nothing more that needs to be said. The amazing Katherine Center said it all.

This is motherhood. We are living this movement everyday. We are defining it right now. This is how we love, share, worry, laugh, give up, give in and find a way to do it again, day in and day out without question, without skipping a beat, without regret.

The Mom 2.0 Summit is going to be an amazing conference. I was there last year so I know. I hope you can make it. And the exhibit (reception to be held Friday Night 2/19), will be nothing short of incredible, thanks to super-Laura Mayes, her creative team and so many of you talented, talented photographers. It has been a pleasure to work on the project and more than anything I know that what we’re doing, as women, as mothers is going to be tangibly validated with every image hung, every word displayed and every person there to witness it.

I don’t know about you but I know what Katherine says is true. Being a woman is a gift.

Share an ode to Womanhood today, in all Her splendor and authenticity and let’s show the world what we’re made of.

Comments

  3. this video is breathtaking, brings tears to my eyes and resonates so deeply. this event is going to wonderful, i feel very honored to be a small part of it. thank you to all the shutter sisters. x.

  11. Goodness.
    I was not expecting that.
    no-sir-eee
    So, now I sit here with teary eyes, an uneaten bowl of oatmeal that is getting cold, and very few words to describe what I am feeling.
    Beautiful and moving does not begin to describe that piece.
    So glad that I saw it and proud that I can claim it.
    ‘Cause that video nailed it.

  12. This post is beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing the video and for all your kind words about it. It was such a pleasure to get to spend so much time with all those beautiful Shutter Sisters images. This site is such an important part of how we tell our stories.
    LOVE YOU GUYS!

  18. oh my oh my!!!!
    I have sent this link to every woman I know…..
    I hope my My gratitude can be felt across the oceans because I;m feeling it!!!!!!
    THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for creating & sharing such an incredible gift.
    I wish I was in Houston to be part of this gathering (how inspiring) -are you going to bring it to Australia????

  20. I am sitting here feeling so beyond blessed to be part of a world where people like YOU exist! Thank you for this exquisitely beautiful work, you have touched a great truth with this work, a truth that needs to be more brightly shone! THANK YOU! Here is my visual ode to being a new mother http://www.flickr.com/photos/rainoshek/3675076419/in/set-72157620411646780/…as a new mom I feel so happy to be in the company of such amazing women, and that too is what it is all about, connection!

  24. Wow,,,im speechless and crying,,that is AMAZING!!! incredible work and if I was able id def come!!!

  27. Thank you for your most tender tribute to women and girls, mothers and their precious children and all those who love, cherish and treasure them. The images and words are heartbreakingly beautiful and stir something so deep inside I am moved to tears. What a gift you have given us… my love to you and your shutter sisters