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Are you wishing that you could feel more peace, as a parent, and less guilt?
Have people said to you that you used to be fun?
When you look at other people’s family do you wish that your life looked and felt as good as their seems look?
Do you wonder if you’ll ever stop feeling stressed long enough to enjoy your familyness?
Does it feel more like you’re racing from one errand or activity to the next rather than really connecting with the people you love?
We are families who want these things we think we’re not allowed to have
unless we’re on vacation, or at someone’s wedding.
We want getaways and relaxing adventures—without actually leaving town.
We want to feel close and all loved up.
We want to collect more inside jokes—stories we can tell forever about that one time.
So we wait. We wait for someday. We wait for less complicated. We wait and we wait.
All these things we’ve been waiting for? We can have them now. In fact, we already have them…it’s just a matter of seeing them.
How does Thursday sound?
That’s what happened for me almost 7 years ago.
Summer was over and I’d missed it. Weddings had me booked solid all summer long.
I realized I’d spent four years celebrating the beginnings of families, while a nanny watched my own family. I was lucky to have had this choice, but I also knew it wasn’t how I wanted to spend the next four years.
Over the next few years I learned how to have my business life and family life live in better harmony with each other.
When I really looked at my life I saw that there were things I was doing that I loved, that with a little more attention could become a more powerful part of my everyday life. Other things I eliminated and it opened space for time to be with the people I loved most.
As it turned out, the life-changing insight wasn’t what I expected. I didn’t need a different career, a different life.
I realized my own path was not uncommon. You get married, and real life carries you away. You’re so busy you don’t always see how much beauty is all around you.
I decided I wanted to celebrate families, in real life. In the middle of it all.
Now, I share our familyness with the world and help other families see the beautiful life they are already living. Many women and men are having a hard time seeing the wonder of their own familyness because of their very full schedule, being an entrepreneur, or just feeling burnt out.
Before our family began I was a family science major where I studied how strong families are created. Over the last 20 years, 11 of which I’ve spent being a professional photographer, I’ve experienced the range of emotions from being a burnt out mom and business woman to seeing my awesome familyness.
Hair rumpled, messy smiles, luminous true, the way your family is right now is gorgeous.
I believe in making up holidays for ordinary things.
Because the most seemingly ordinary day is a special occasion.
I believe when you put aside the occasional arm punch, your kids really do love each other.
Sometimes it helps if they can see it, too.
I believe familyness really should get more press.
On the walls, in storybooks, all over your house.
Have you already gotten my free ebook that helps you to start seeing your beautiful life through your camera lens? You can get it here.
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