From my shoot yesterday at Ashley Hall School.
Look at you girls.
Confident. Strong. Able. Smart. Believing in yourselves. You seem joyful and full of heart.
My wish for you is this: remember this moment. When I captured you, you didn't seem worried about your hair. You weren't thinking about your thighs. You were happy and free and light. You were using your bodies to run and jump and stretch. You were using your minds to think and solve and create. You were using your hands to touch and make and feel.
In a few years, you will compare yourselves to the others around you. You will look at people and think they have it made. You will wonder why you never measure up. You will look at yourself in the mirror and question if you are enough for this big, scary, crazy, judgmental world.
STOP.
Don't do this.
Remember your shining face. Look at how gleeful you are. Beautiful, open, and full of heart.
That's where your value is. This is your happy place.
So go out there. Run. Play. Think. Create. Feel. Because on the inside, this is who you will always be. A carefree spirit with walls that have yet to be built. Only a foundation of strength and courage.