06/27/2026
This photo is 10 years old. When I posted it, I thought photography would become something bigger.
I had the excitement. I had the camera. I had the dream.
What I didn’t have was the environment to let that dream grow. I was surrounded by people who made me question myself. I was in a relationship that slowly convinced me I wasn’t capable of turning photography into anything meaningful. Little by little, I stopped picking up my camera not because I stopped loving photography, but because I stopped believing in myself.
So I walked away. For almost a decade. But per usual life had other plans.
Over the years, I faced health challenges that completely changed how I pictured my future. They forced me to slow down, rethink what success looked like for myself and build a life that worked with my body instead of constantly fighting against it. Funny enough… that’s what led me back to photography.
Photography became more than a hobby. It became a career I could build around my life, my health, and the things that matter most to me. It gave me purpose again. But the biggest difference between then and now isn’t my camera.
It’s the people around me.
Today I’m surrounded by people who cheer me on, celebrate the little wins, remind me to keep going, and believe in me even when I’m struggling to believe in myself.
Looking back at this photo, I don’t see someone who failed. I see someone who just wasn’t in the right season yet. Sometimes dreams don’t die. They simply wait until you’re surrounded by the right people, at the right time, with the right version of yourself.
Ten years later, I finally picked up the camera again.
And this time… I’m not putting it back down. 💕
