Not confident.

I like to think I'm pretty self-aware, so it's become clear to me just how many things I'm not confident about.

I'm not confident about how to wear barrel jeans. Is it cute? Is it giving potato sack? What's happening here with denim?

I'm not confident my 2 year old will ever eat hot food.

Also why do I feel so angry about QR codes in restaurants?

I'm not confident about where the line is between the boys wrestling and the time they start straight punching each other. Should I be waiting for this? Is this normal?!

I'm not confident about parenting older kids - their problems seem scarier and I want to be steady but I really have no idea what I'm doing.

Also, am I doing crow pose right or do I just look like a folded up chicken?

I'm not confident about wearing lipstick and while I think people who pull off a red lip look so baller, I would feel like a clown playing dressup as I pack my kids lunchboxes and shovel snow.

I'm not confident about driving on the ice. I know the tricks - slow and tap-tap brakes only - but am pretty confident that if I actually slid I would just scream and slide down a ditch maniacally. I'd rather just not leave my house until it all melts.

Also how do you do curtains? Do people use curtains? Why have we lived here for 5 years with no curtains?

But I am confident in photographing families.

I know how to walk the line between leading and listening when I'm in that zone. I know how to keep myself present and compose a shot that will make your heart stop. I am confident that I can deliver galleries that hold classic portraits of people we love and tell stories of the ways we love them.

I am confident I have more to learn and more to give.

// new + noteworthy //

THINGS TO SMILE AT // A few things that I saved while doing a purposeful rabbit-hole for dumb delight:

• This figure-skating routine to Fate of Ophelia & I'm officially excited about the Olympics.
• You hate him or you love him, but Will Ferrel is always hysterical to me.
• A dad's year end review of his twin daughters.
• 10 days being snowed in. I'm proud and grateful that our experience wasn't really that bad, but this is still pretty funny.

GALENTINES DAY // If you're not on the local list for gatherings yet and live in Charlottesville, Crozet, Palmyra, aaaanywhere nearby, first do that here. To catch you up, I'm hosting a light and fun Galentines coffee-shop hang to meet other women, sip and feast on some delicious pastries, + get treated with some little delights for being your awesome selves. RSVP here!

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