Slate+Sol Photo Co.

05/14/2024

{{get out your tissues}}

You were six months old and full of fun.
With a blink of my eye, you suddenly were one.

There were so many things we were going to do,
But I turned my head and you turned two..
At two, you were very dependent on me.

But independence took over when you turned three.
Your third birthday, another year I tried to ignore.

But when I lit the candles, there weren't three, but four.
Four was the year that you really strived.

Why, look at you now, you're already five.
Now you are ready for books and rules.
This is the year that you go to school.
The big day came; you were anxious to go.
We walked to the bus, going oh so slow.
As you climbed aboard and waved goodbye,
I felt a lump in my throat and tears stung my eyes.

Time goes so fast, it's hard to believe
That just yesterday you were home here, with me.
And tomorrow when the bus brings you home
and you jump to the ground,
You'll be wearing your cap and graduation gown.

So I'm holding on to these moments as hard as I can.
Because the next time I look,
I'll be seeing a Grown Man.

[[A Touch of Love]]
- RyKo Angel

04/29/2024

*rain *rain
g o a w a y
...

{{ re/scheduling + delivering sessions tonight }}

What kind of session would YOU like this year?

Drop some ideas for me in the comments 🤎

04/22/2024

"& don't it feel GOOD!"

04/22/2024

"walkin' on Sunshine" 🎶 ☀️

04/18/2024

“The Touch”

My toddler fell asleep on me while I was carrying him.
His legs dangled past my hips, arms flopped over my shoulders.
He is getting heavier these days, and my back breaks when I carry her for too long, but I didn't want to put him down.
Because this almost never happens anymore.
All the nights of us dancing, with his little body on mine in darkness, is now only a memory.
What used to be a tiresome need for me at all hours, is now bittersweet.
So I didn't put him down
I held him close.
I held onto the moment as tight as I could.
Because these moments are so special now.
They take me back,
They hold me in what won't always be.
They remind me that, for now, I still have the touch.

04/18/2024

🤎

04/15/2024

[[ when you look at me I see the good in me ]]

04/15/2024

03/21/2024

my daughter watches me apply makeup and says,
"mommy I want to be pretty like you"
I kneel to her and kiss her hands.
how can I explain to her that she
is a level of beauty I could never achieve?
she will be everything that I could not.
from the moment she was a seed,
I watered her even when
the only thing I had left were my own tears.
I made sure the sun still shined
even when the storms surrounded me.
she is a fire that life can never stomp out
because she will be greater
than anything that tries.
- ever more

03/04/2024

[[ The Elliots ]]

3.2.24

02/28/2024

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ι geт wнy Ғaтнer Cнrιѕтмaѕ ĸepт vιѕιnтιng well ιnтo oυr тeenѕ
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ι geт ιт now

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