mother's day again

so some musings are due. It's May 26 and that means it's "Dzień Matki" or Mother's Day in Poland, my home country. It brings back a lot of memories from my childhood and a lot of reflections, again:).
I miss my mom - she died of Alzheimer's 3 years ago at the age of 63. Too soon...I only have some pictures of her from my childhood - she always shooed my father with his camera away. But how I wish I had more. Especially of us together. Hugging, kissing, walking, skating, hanging out in our pajamas the whole day - just together.... I cannot bring back time so now it's time to think of my own kids, and it's even more challenging since I'm the house photographer. I want them to have fond memories of our time together and photos will refresh their memory every so often. I feel like I'm running out of time though - they are growing so fast, not so snugly and cuddly any more, so it's a little testing to show the love when there is so many other emotions mixed in. But those are good, too. I wish I had an unposed picture to illustrate but I don't - I'll be better this year, I promise:) But here I am with my lovely not so little ones.

And here is my call to all the moms out there! Don't wait till you lose weight, be well rested, have a good-hair-day etc. - have a picture taken - of YOU! alone or with kids! Your parents are going to love it and your kids will cherish it for ever. The picture of  the most beautiful mom in the world - you!

And you can win a free session to do just that!

 Please go to http://www.facebook.com/malinaphotography and "like" my page and then send me an e-mail to malina@malinaphotography.com saying why you would like to win this "mom session" ( just for you or you and your babies) - less than 500 words please;). 3 contenders will be chosen by June 15th and than we will do a fb voting part. Have fun! Can't wait to read your stories! Malina