Some days can feel hard and heavy and uncertain

Some days can feel hard and heavy and uncertain. Self-doubt can creep in, imposter syndrome might come along, and it can get hard to feel like we’re ‘doing it right’...

(Spoiler: there is no ‘right’ way to be human)

Since Restore Retreat Kentucky in September, when I’m feeling low and having moments of self-doubt... I keep coming back to the words of the womxn I had the honor of capturing and witnessing in Kentucky... 🌲

“These pictures are EVERYTHING!”

“These images mean everything to me. They show everything about myself and all of you lovely ladies. Monica, your photos of us are like reading a book with incredible detail. Simply beautiful. Thank you”

"You have a gift, sister. Each and every soul is captured so beautifully in their own very special variety. It’s like I got to see a still frame of my sisters' souls. Thank you. Thank you.”

"Wow. I don’t know anything about photography but these are some of the most gorgeous images I’ve seen.”

"Looking through these feels like revisiting with each of you individually again. Monica, you killed it, sister!”

In the days where self-doubt creeps in or when things feel harder than normal, I come back to these words…
To *your* words 😭😭

So, so grateful to you all: for holding me, for seeing me, for lifting me up, and for allowing me to do the same for you.