They ARE watching you!

Welcome to the world of fitting everything into a pretty little box, and wrapping it up in a bow, preferably a matching bow, with glitter, and the matching outfits to go with the matching box and bow.

During some of the more traumatic experiences in my life, one of the things that made me feel grounded, is matching my family in color coordinating clothes. I am also a photographer, so in some aspect learning how to match outfits is part of my career tools.

This weird coping mechanism is something my husband has full-on supported. He knows it made me feel all together, when our world felt like it was falling apart. He will automatically look at what I am wearing and dress accordingly. In some weird way, its a part of our love language, and just one thing in our relationship that he has just always understood about me.

Some people may never understand this, and that is ok and You can go ahead and diagnose this with OCD or any other mental disorder, but I very much have accepted it with open arms, and more importantly, found joy in it.

You see when I had found out I was going to have a daughter, one of my prayers and desires was coming to real life. I had my son first, and he literally is my angel. He, in every form of his being, created this desire in me to help others help themselves. My daughter however, she has taught me that I need to save myself so I can show up for her in the ways she needs me.

From about one year old, Liana started picking out her clothes. Her clothing choices, were always in some way, matching what I was wearing. I always purchased clothes to match her and vice versa, but I didn't realize how much she caught on to this at such a young age or how much it impacted her. Like it was so bad, she would throw a complete fit, if we were not in some way matching.

The point of this story is, I realized right then and there, that she was watching, and soaking in all the things I valued, even something as small as what I was wearing. So this whole mini-me style is more of a representation for mommas (and daddys) to say, they are watching you, and they are emulating your actions. This is not a "do as I say, not as I do" situation. Your actions are speaking volumes over your words.

So I will share these photos with the hope that it will inspire you to "wear the best version of yourself" every-single-day, because, my friend, they are watching and they NEED you to give them the tools.