Ashbourne Drive
One day it just happens. You wake up and your little girl is all grown up. Kira was by far the snuggliest of our four children, I fondly remember her rythmic breathing as she slept sprawled across my chest. She didn’t so much walk when she was a toddler but hop here and there, always singing a song (Barney anyone?) or dancing a little dance. She is the perfect older sister: engaged and enthusiastic about life and responsible beyond her years. I don’t remember being half as capable at her age (14), she manages to juggle school, an internship and sports without ever letting the pressure alter her mood or rosy outlook on life. I suppose I’m like most parents when I imagine her doing amazing things with her life, I am so just proud of her. But deep down there are days that I wish I could grab her hand and walk back in time for just one more tea party, one more dance, one more little snuggle.
All shot on my Contax 645 with Fuji 400H film and the one of a kind California winter sun on one of my favorite streets in South Pasadena.
these pics are awesome!!! I love the first one, the trees are great. And *she* is great in all the pics. I wish I had pics of me looking cool when I was 14.
Her kids are gonna love these pictures one day. These are keepers!
sigh. i can’t believe i birthed that girl. <3 her shirt and that fence behind her, perfection, babe!
(tears and tears) yes! i remember. that little girl had a car of 19/20 year olds singing, “there was a hole (there was a hole), in the middle of the ground… where the green grass grows all around all around! where the green grass grows all around!!!!!!!!!” aw, our first BABY.
…. and yes! she didn’t walk… she tippy toed everywhere like a little ballerina.
Kira is always beautiful in pictures! Very refreshing to see!
omg, she’s gorgeous!