it’s unbelievable to see a woman’s body change.
un·be·liev·a·ble
/ˌənbəˈlēvəb(ə)l/
adjective
- not able to be believed; unlikely to be true.”unbelievable or not, it happened”
- so great or extreme as to be difficult to believe; extraordinary.”your audacity is unbelievable”
truly…
to see a woman’s body accomplish overcoming a diagnoses…
to seeing it overcome a pregnancy loss…
to seeing it create & deliver a human safely…
to seeing it feed said human while healing from the inside out…
to seeing it do it all over again…
yknow…
while handling every day life.
think about that.
it’s unbelievable!
i’m so grateful my friend & go-to photographer, bob, of robert buchanan photography, was willing to do this series for me.
he’s known for his head shots & in recent years, his dance photographs.
they’re incredible.
but he was more than willing to work w/ my vision.
it started out as a fitness shoot…
i posted about it here.
i was…
yes…
in the best shape of my life…
but in the healthiest way.
in the beginning of 2019, i had just found out i had defeated pcos & had leveled out my hormones solely based on my diet.
that was a big deal.
no pills.
no shots.
just diet.
& it was hard.
so we celebrate w/ these photos…
i was so proud of what i had accomplished & i don’t apologize for that.
jonny & i got pregnant in june & lost our son in august to a chromosonal issue that couldn’t have been prevented, regardless of how in shape or healthy i was.
after all my hard work, it wasn’t fair.
but after our mourning…
may 2020…
we found out we were pregnant again. 🙂
so 2 years later from our original photoshoot…
january 2021…
i wanted to do the same shoot while successfully pregnant w/ my lurayna may.
it’s amazing what my body did for me & i wanted to celebrate it.
i wore the same “fitness’ ensemble
[thank god for spandex]
& we did a quick shoot.
she was born feb 5, 2021.
& now here we are…
a year & a half later…
& doing the same shoot…
w/ another addition on the way.
it was bob’s idea to incorporate lurayna for the end of this series!
same poses…
same ensemble…
but w/ my little toddler & growing baby girl #2…
miss anderlee ruth.
they’re so special to me.
they’re proof of strength in life chapters…
regardless of size or shape…
look what my body is doing!
after being told i’d have a 10% chance of doing at all!!
UNBELIEVABLE.
this is what i want you to take out of this weeks post…
if you’re waiting to conceive…
if it’s been taking your months… years…
if you’ve been diagnosed w/ a challenge that will cut your percentage of getting pregnant down to the smallest percentage…
if you’ve experienced loss…
if you’ve experienced painful operations for your safety…
or even if you’ve experienced disbelief what your body is going through…
i’m here to chat…
to comfort…
to be your cheerleader…
or to be another set of eyes that cries w/ you.
life is hard.
& a lot of life happens that is so unbelievable.
we look back & think:
HOW?!
but then we have pictures…
or videos..
or our ppl in life prove that we went there…
we did that…
we lived through it…
we helped someone else bc we shared it…
& that’s really really powerful.
Take Out with TK 