This is the final post of my year long personal project - The Motherhood Collective.

A challenge to myself to be present...to be in the photos with my children.

It wasn't a easy one. Most months I had to force myself at last minute to actually do it, as we all know how much we like photos of ourselves. It was no surprise.

What was a surprise was how fast the year went by. How can it be 365 days since I started?

It was a surprise at how fast my boys grew in this year. Just look for yourself. You can see it in the images. While in this year they grew, I also grew older. Maybe a little bit wiser?

Wiser to the fact that I cannot make them stay little.

No matter what I do. I can't.

So will I enjoy every minute while I can. While they still want hug me and tell me they love me. While they still need to be tucked in and told sweet dreams. When I have to doctor scraped knees and wipe tears away...

If I could start over.

If knew then what I know now.

I wouldn't have cared so much about how I looked or felt about photos of myself. I would have cared to just be present...with them. To exist.

If I could start again...I would have started this project from the beginning. So my children could hold photos of them with me long after I'm gone and remember.

Remember that I loved them more than anything. That they were my whole world.

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