FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHY SESSION | MARTIN CITY, MO

Little Women. I’ll be completely honest. I couldn’t finish the book. I’m just not at the point in my life where I can read anything that takes even a modicum of concentration. Too much noise. Too much movement. Not enough alone time. So I read entertaining drivel while chaos goes on around me. But I do remember that Little Women was about strong, independent sisters who each had their own personalities and adored their mama. So I lead with it.

Looking at these pictures of sisters, though, makes me really miss mine. Don’t get me wrong, she’s still alive. In fact, I see her regularly and get an earful of her sarcasm and sass. But since her injury, it’s different. Gone are the days where we can flop on a sofa together and watch TV. Or try on each others clothes. Or crazy dance before hitting the bars. Or relax in the grass with some grass in Vondelpark.

Her accident stole the physicality of sisterhood from us.

And so the casual ease that these sisters demonstrated during their shoot hit hard, but also made me so incredibly grateful for mine.