I, Jenny Cruger, your family photographer, dread taking photos with my children

Here’s why I take the photos anyway

I don’t have any photos from my childhood with my mom. She didn’t feel good about how she looked, so she chose not to be in the photo. Even now, as an adult, I wonder what it would be like to have photos with her from that age.

I think it’s important that my children grow up with pictures on our walls where they can see me and my husband expressing emotion and love for them.

Do I always feel good about my appearance? Absolutely not. Do I hold my kiddos close and take the photos anyway? Yes. (And I hope you will, too.)