Itasca IL Family Photographs | A Personal Journey

Documenting Life as an Itasca IL Family Photographer

As an Itasca IL family photographs provider, I love using all of the beautiful locations around me to photograph my own family. Last year, I dragged my little crew out to a field for some portraits. However, I did not book a photographer early enough. Therefore, I took these myself with a tripod and a self-timer. I would absolutely not recommend it because it is so tedious! Also, a few coyotes came out of nowhere and scared us. But nonetheless, we did the best we could with what we had.

This year, things are looking very different. No, I still did not book someone early enough. Consequently, I will have to figure that out somehow. But life is changing for other reasons now. In many ways, life is staying the same. This is because even though love evolves, it persists if it is real.

“This life is mine alone. So I have stopped asking people for directions to places they’ve never been.”
― Glennon Doyle

A smiling young girl in a white dress holding a bundle of green foliage, standing in a field during sunset. Itasca IL family photographer

Finding My New Normal in Itasca

Our family moving forward will look different. I do not mean to vaguely brush over these changes. Instead, I am still working to accept my new normal. Even though I am the one leading the charge for change, it is a big transition. This change comes with so much love and respect for the life we built and are now saying goodbye to. It was ten years of a relationship that made me grow tremendously.

Documenting Life as an Itasca IL Family Photographer

2020 has simultaneously been both the worst and the best experience. Begrudgingly, it has propelled me forward. I have always loved living in my positivity. In fact, I know that the grass is greener wherever I stand. We will be okay, and we will support each other through these changes. While I don’t specifically live in Itasca, I have Manu beautiful memories with my family here so I guess I consider myself and Itasca IL family photographs

A woman holding a young girl, with a young boy standing beside them, in a grassy field during sunset. Itasca IL family photographer

As a mother and Chicago Family Photographer my heart is with my kids. Specifically, I know that grown-up situations can be so hard on little ones. In my life, I have known hardship. However, I have always worked to overcome it. It has not made me tough or cynical. If anything, it has made me much more grateful. I love my softness. Ultimately, I think it shows others that not everything has to be hard. Changes are scary, but we will take it day by day.

A child in a white dress runs down a gravel path during sunset, with trees and bare branches in the foreground and background. Itasca IL family photographer
A young boy wearing a brown beanie and a jacket smiles while hugging a girl who is holding greenery, both standing in a grassy field during sunset. Itasca IL family photographer
A woman holding a young girl, with a young boy standing beside them, smiling in a field during sunset.
A young boy wearing a brown beanie and a dark jacket smiles while holding a bundle of greenery, standing in a field during sunset.
A happy family of four sitting together on a blanket in a grassy field during sunset. The parents are smiling at the camera while their two children, a boy and a girl, are seated in front of them, all looking cheerful.

“A broken family is a family in which any member must break herself into pieces to fit in. A whole family is one in which each member can bring her full self to the table knowing that she will always be both held and free.”

― Glennon Doyle


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  1. […] here, so close to December. Just about to celebrate Thanksgiving. As I mentioned in on my previous post things are looking different in the future for us. Perhaps this is too heavy and personal for my […]

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