We did a studio photoshoot for friends of ours the other day and I was really quite envious of the lovely photographs that we managed to get. The thing that made the photos so special was the fact that there were 4 generations all together in one photograph!!!

There was the great grandmother, granny, mother and daughter all together – All women!! (well one little girl, but an incredible woman in the making) All from one family!! All together in one professional photograph!!!

I think this is just so special and the reason I am so envious is that I cannot get photos of my family like that any longer. I now have a daughter of my own, but my granny and my ouma (Demi-Leigh’s great grandmothers) are no longer with us, at least not in body anyway. They will always be in my heart and I guess that’s what counts, but I sure would have loved to have a photograph of all of us together.

Call me sentimental but that is just something so special to have – so if you are looking for a special mother’s day gift, why not give the gift that lasts beyond time, from generation to generation and capture those special times while you still can. Even if it is just family photos such as your mom and yourself or your dad and yourself – or your granny and you or your grandfather and your children – whoever is special in your life! Just get the pics done. One thing I know for sure is that you will treasure them forever!!

(Being a mother myself, no matter how many photographs I take of my children, I just can’t get enough of them as they remind me every day of the speical times we share together and the incredible love we have for each other – photographs are a reminder and a celebration of a family and theunconditional love they have for each other – to me there can be no better gift…)