"She's a strong cup of black coffee in a world that is drunk on the cheap wine of shallow love."
-JM Storm
She is a lot of things.
And if I'm honest - really honest - ALL of us women are a lot of things. We are NOT just one way, one mood, one level of depth, one way of thinking, one way of seeing, one way of feeling, one idea or one thought.
No.
We are a myriad of something far more complex and far more special.
But one thing I can absolutely attest to is this: out of the many character traits of my mom one of them is that when she loves, she loves hard.
Maybe it's because she had to figure out a majority of her adolescence without the help of a mom. Maybe it's because she was an immigrant to this country in her mid-twenties. Maybe it's because she hustled the raising of kids along with a full-time job, a commute, and an exhaustion level that only another mother could truly understand.
And throughout this, all she knew to do to was to give it all she could to those she cared about and throw all her heart in along with it. And if that's not loving hard, especially in a world where shallow love is more common and popular, I don't know what is.
Proud to share with you all the very first portrait of my momma.
Special thanks to Miranda Villanueva of Love and Artistry for lending her incredible talents to the styling of my mom's hair and makeup for this shoot!
