“Mom, watch this!”
Photographing the Days I’ll Miss Someday
Right now, he still asks me to take him to the park.
He still calls out, “Mom, watch this!” as he climbs to the top of the slide or hangs from the monkey bars like he’s training for the Olympics. He still wants me nearby, to see, to cheer, to be the witness to all the little moments that make up his world.
But someday, he won’t ask.
I’ve gone through this once before, with Mallory…and I know how it goes. One day you’re pushing the swing higher and higher, and the next you’re standing in a quiet park, realizing they don’t need you to push anymore. They’re off with friends, finding their own way, building lives that don’t orbit around yours quite the same way they used to.
I can already see glimpses of it in Levi-the humor, the independence, the “I got it, Mom.” His personality is shifting, maturing, stretching into the person he’s becoming. It’s beautiful and bittersweet all at once.
It feels like I’m watching him grow older right before my eyes, but when I look through my camera lens, I still see that same wide-eyed four-year-old with scraped knees and a heart full of wonder.
That’s why I take these photos. I know one day, I’ll scroll back and remember exactly what his laugh sounded like when he jumped off the slide and landed like a superhero. I’ll remember the sunshine, the sneakers covered in dust, the way he’d grab my hand on the walk back to the car.
Someday he won’t ask me to take him to the park…but I’ll always have the photos to remind me of the days he did. ❤️
When was the last time you really thought about the last time, the last time your child asked you to play, to watch, to help, to come along?
These moments don’t announce themselves before they become memories.
If you’ve been meaning to capture this chapter before it changes again, let’s do it. You’ll never regret having photos that feel like this.
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