being a woman is a gift

In a matter of days the Mom 2.0 Exhibit will be installed and available to see at the FotoFest gallery in Houston, Texas, even before the Mom 2.0 reception. This video was made for the show. I can say nothing more that needs to be said. The amazing Katherine Center said it all.

This is motherhood. We are living this movement everyday. We are defining it right now. This is how we love, share, worry, laugh, give up, give in and find a way to do it again, day in and day out without question, without skipping a beat, without regret.

The Mom 2.0 Summit is going to be an amazing conference. I was there last year so I know. I hope you can make it. And the exhibit (reception to be held Friday Night 2/19), will be nothing short of incredible, thanks to super-Laura Mayes, her creative team and so many of you talented, talented photographers. It has been a pleasure to work on the project and more than anything I know that what we're doing, as women, as mothers is going to be tangibly validated with every image hung, every word displayed and every person there to witness it.

I don't know about you but I know what Katherine says is true. Being a woman is a gift.

Share an ode to Womanhood today, in all Her splendor and authenticity and let's show the world what we're made of.

Comments

[Marcie]

What a beautiful and powerful tribute to motherhood.Sounds like it's going to be an incredible experience!!! If I could..I'd add this one image to the voices of happy girl-hood:
http://www.marciescudderphotography.com/index.php?showimage=1061

[Claudia]

I am watching this video with tears in my eyes. How beautiful and how true.

[xanthe]

this video is breathtaking, brings tears to my eyes and resonates so deeply. this event is going to wonderful, i feel very honored to be a small part of it. thank you to all the shutter sisters. x.

[Betherann]

This is lovely!

[Jennifer]

Wonderful~ Amazing~

[solstice letters]

Amazing...beautiful...inspiring. What a gift. Thank you for taking the time to capture the fierceness and faith of motherhood in such a poignant way. I am breathless. My "ode to womanhood": http://solsticeletters.wordpress.com - a place that so many amazing women are helping to create...one photograph at a time.

[cindy]

i loved this beautiful video. thank you shutter sisters and enjoy your weekend! here's my little ode -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/71443419@N00/4249102114/

[littlepurplecow (Stephanie Roberts)]

Beautiful piece!

[Robyn]

WoW!! This is aMaZing. Love ~ loVe ~ LOVE it!!

[Stephanie]

Amazing, beautiful, just what I needed to hear this morning,

[Victoria]

Goodness.
I was not expecting that.
no-sir-eee
So, now I sit here with teary eyes, an uneaten bowl of oatmeal that is getting cold, and very few words to describe what I am feeling.
Beautiful and moving does not begin to describe that piece.
So glad that I saw it and proud that I can claim it.
'Cause that video nailed it.

[katherine center]

This post is beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing the video and for all your kind words about it. It was such a pleasure to get to spend so much time with all those beautiful Shutter Sisters images. This site is such an important part of how we tell our stories.
LOVE YOU GUYS!

[Tina]

this is great...mother's are the BEST. I have one of the great ones, too.
here's my little contribution, a mother having fun with her daughter. :)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mageejenks/3964194679/

i hope to become one soon. :)

[kristin]

it truly must be kismet but i was just gifted katherine's recent book to read while i recovered. here i am today soaking up some much needed winter sun and fresh air, 3 days out from my surgery and feeling better each day.
what a blessing this video is. her words are just so perfect.
xo , kristin
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14811117@N02/4314233924/

[melody]

Beautifully done...I LOVE the tribute.

I think a new baby fits here. My son and his wife have their first son...

http://slurpinglife.typepad.com/slurping_life/2010/01/baby-details.html
http://slurpinglife.typepad.com/slurping_life/2010/01/possibility-of-everything.html

[erika]

Seriously? And my kids aren't even home to hug!
Beautiful. Thanks!

[kristinenoel]

Wow - so excited about Fotofest this year. This exhibit looks amazing!

I am participating as well as a part of Flashes of Hope in conjunction with the Museum of Printing History and ASMP. Opening night is March 18th! See my blog for more about our local work with Flashes here in Houston.
http://kristinenoel.com/2009/12/01/flashes-of-hope-featured-in-houston-buzz-magazine/

[joanna]

oh my oh my!!!!
I have sent this link to every woman I know.....
I hope my My gratitude can be felt across the oceans because I;m feeling it!!!!!!
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for creating & sharing such an incredible gift.
I wish I was in Houston to be part of this gathering (how inspiring) -are you going to bring it to Australia????

[marina]

beautiful, just beautiful.

[Katrina Rainoshek]

I am sitting here feeling so beyond blessed to be part of a world where people like YOU exist! Thank you for this exquisitely beautiful work, you have touched a great truth with this work, a truth that needs to be more brightly shone! THANK YOU! Here is my visual ode to being a new mother http://www.flickr.com/photos/rainoshek/3675076419/in/set-72157620411646780/...as a new mom I feel so happy to be in the company of such amazing women, and that too is what it is all about, connection!

[Katrina Rainoshek]

So sorry, that link didn't work! Here it is again,

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rainoshek/3675076419/in/set-72157620411646780/

[Aimee]

i wanted to post the first time i held my son, but i actually think i am most a woman and mother while birthing.

this me in transition-thinking there is no more that i can take...but the hardest work is still ahead.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aimeebuxton/4179538743/in/set-72157622864024821/

[gkgirl]

this was amazing and i loved it.

just wanted to let you know.

[Debbie E]

Wow,,,im speechless and crying,,that is AMAZING!!! incredible work and if I was able id def come!!!

[melanie]

I'm so in love with this. It's incredibly moving and beautiful .Thank you!

[Tracy]

Wow, this was so powerful. So many images that made my heart skip a beat and the words ring so true. I think all the time about how my daughter will continually grow away from me and how selfless I will have to be as a mother.

me and my girl: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31417716@N00/4314900953/

[shelley]

Thank you for your most tender tribute to women and girls, mothers and their precious children and all those who love, cherish and treasure them. The images and words are heartbreakingly beautiful and stir something so deep inside I am moved to tears. What a gift you have given us... my love to you and your shutter sisters

[Nancy]

So beautiful Trace, wowww!!