There is a specific kind of quiet that exists in a motherhood session. It’s not a silent quiet—there are coos, the rustle of curtains, and the soft rhythm of breathing—but it’s a stillness. A pause.
I met Steph and Bode at Casa Bona in Toronto. If you know the studio, you know the light. it doesn't just hit the floor; it wraps around everything like a blanket. It was the perfect container for what we were doing.
Steph brought her five-month-old. And for me, this one felt different.
We were supposed to be "due date twins." Our babies were meant to arrive at the exact same time, two lives starting on the same page. In the end, they arrived nearly a month apart, but as I stood there with my camera, I realized we were standing in the exact same place in our journey.
We were both in the "thick of it." The beautiful, exhausting, bone-tired, heart-expanding thick of it.
I didn't want to "pose" them. Being at a similar point in my own motherhood journey meant I didn't need to ask her to move a certain way. I knew where the feeling was. I knew how heavy a five-month-old feels after twenty minutes, and how you never want to put them down anyway.
We talked about the nights and the mornings. We talked about the shift in identity. And then, we just let the light do the talking.
Steph, thank you for letting me into your bubble. For sharing the light and the journey.
