Every night before I go to sleep I find myself telling my husband some kind of story about what I want to shoot next. Or what I would like to do to change any aspect of my business. It’s as if I need to unload all the ideas I have had that day before I turn off the switch and go to sleep. Every single night folks. Needless to say, at this point I’m pretty sure he’s regretting marrying a photographer. He has such little input in my creative process that at times I find myself wanting more from him. “Tell me which one you like best..” “Do you think this image is better than this one?” “How about I take this couple and shoot them while they are…?” “Could you imagine if this mom would let me do this for her maternity shoot?” He just listens. And somehow miraculously compares it plumbing. Talk about taking the romance right out of me.
Throughout our years together I’ve come to find that our personalities are so similar in such different ways. We both have such great passion ( for different things ) and emotion that whenever we speak we can just carry on for hours. So I know that when I ramble on to him about how I spent twenty six hours in a birth session and I describe every scenario with the nurses and the vending machine at some point he’s just going to stop commenting and just smile and listen. I am so grateful for that time he gives me. Because most of the time I don’t need someone to bombard me with their own ideas. Most of the time I just need to speak out loud and hear myself say things in order to know whether that’s something that would work or not. I have so much drive and passion for my work that if you were to egg me on, man we would never stop talking! So although HE NEVER READS MY BLOG, this is a public thank you to him.
Thank you for everything I put you through in order to make my dreams come true. In order to do this job that not only pays for our bills but makes me happy. Thank you for giving me the time off of working to spend every minute of my life with our children until I was ready to dive in. And now that it’s that time, thank you for continuing to support me each and every day wherever it is that road takes us. Maybe someday all that stuff that we talk about will actually come true or maybe we will continue to dream and plan as if days and years haven’t passed at all. Know that the now and the then that we will be is all that matters to me. Even if that means I’ll never get that laundry room that you keep giving me grief over. I love you more than words could ever say.
Today is a pretty special day in our relationship book. I’ve arranged for a babysitter and we’re having a much needed date-night! I’m getting my hair done and I’m super excited!! Yes on most days I play the ever changing role of wife, mom and photographer… but tonight, the only title I want to have is Mrs. Vigoa.
So handsome my big man. I love you to the moon and back millions and millions of times.
