I started blogging when I was sixteen. I had just started college, and I met a few people who had Xanga sites. I liked the idea, and started one for myself. I wrote about my life, my spiritual journey, some poetry of sorts. I enjoyed sharing bits andĀ piecesĀ of my life with whoever [...]
Kids, work, time & priorities
Our Isaac will be three weeks old tomorrow- my how that time has flown. It has been such a blur, such a change from our previous routine. I have found myself wondering if life will ever feel normal again- if I will ever manage to find a routine now that there are two little people [...]
Survival Mode
That is where I am right now. Feeling nauseous all day long and always exhausted, and trying to keep up with Seth and get out of the house to do things with him. I donāt feel myself at all these days.
But I know it will pass. I am already 8 weeks- only another month [...]
Making.
Iāve been crocheting again, making a market bag for our summer beach trips. I hadnāt picked up a hook for a while- in fact itās been a while since I did anything creative besides photography and writing. Sometimes I crave the repetitive motion of crocheting- itās calming, and sort of meditative.
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What Doesnāt Really Matter
Lately I have been prioritizing, examining how I spend my time, and thinking about what matters and what really doesnāt. I have to admit- I have been spending an inordinate amount of time and energy on the things that really donāt matter, and not enough on the things that do.
The number [...]
something.
I have been wanting to write here for days now, but every time Iāve tried, my mind has been either blank or too full of other things for me to focus. Right now, I am Hannah- the business owner and household manager. My days have been filled with the gritty details- taxes, phone calls, emails, [...]
A New Thing
Yesterday on my photography blog, I posted images from this recent session with my lovely friend Lauren, and shared about a new venture for my business that I am really excited about: artist portraits.
This is all part of a larger attempt to follow [...]
practicing peace
āNoā Seth screeches again. This time there is no obvious reason. I lift him up- my arms have gotten stronger as heās grown- and breathe deeply before calmly asking him (once again) what the matter is. This happens so very often throughout the day lately- the breakdowns interspersed with the joy and wonder of this [...]
It's my Biz Birthday!
{images from my first paid session, two years ago today}
Itās been two years since I started my photography business. I so amazed and thankful for this journey, for that is really what it has been. I wrote about it this morning over here on my business blog.
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Passion {aka: how i do what i do}
I have been asked how I do all that I do, how I manage to run a business, write a blog, and care for a child and home all at once. It is such a difficult question for me to answer, [...]
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