As promised, today I am kicking off the I am Enough Collaborative with my own personal story. I hope that by sharing it with you that you will feel like you can share yours. This will be a regular feature here now (yay!) with it's own home. You'll have to click over HERE to see it. I think you'll find it's worth the click.

I will be featuring all kinds of stories and images from women (like you!) that will surely inspire as we all claim the truth that we are enough.

A special thanks to Brene Brown for giving me the nudgeto make this collaborative official. Love you Brene!

With so many exciting endeavors and new projects coming into bloom these days I feel like spring has come early! I am giddy for Tuesday when I will be officially announcing the new I Am Enough Collaborative. Good good stuff everyone, I promise, so be sure to come on over!

So, what kinds of things are blooming for you these days? Share a shot!

Friday's have a tendency to be a little slower on the super-highway of the internet. I guess they say the same for even the traffic on the freeways too. That's why they call it Friday light. I like the sound of that.

Behold, I think as an ode one of the most delicious days of the week, I am going to start posting Friday Light images on Fridays. Of course, you're invited to play along too.

Why not? There's all kinds of new and wonderful things happening around here these days. Nothing like the promise of spring to help you get growing.

Let me first congratulate the winner Waiting for Baby, Lauren of Monkey Business. Congrats to you!

But, what you've all come back for today is to see if you know your bloggers as well as you think you do. I can most definitly give you a resounding yes.

Thank you my friend, for sharing (and baring) your miraculous bump. It was such fun to spend that sacred time with you (and that sweet baby). xo

And thank you all for playing along in the mystery mama game! Now click on over and give this fabulous mama some love and well wishes. You can read her take on our photo shoot and see more images on her blog today.

It’s no big secret that I have a passion for photography. I love the medium on so many levels for so many reasons. My life’s journey has been a slow winding road that has surely and steadily brought me where I am today. I am shooting more of my daily life than I ever have before and I am nurturing an entirely new relationship with my camera. It’s as if the muse of ordinary life is my guide; keeping me focused, present and grateful. I have never enjoyed photography more as I have turned my lens toward my own life.

And then recently I had the pleasure of turning my lens outward toward something larger than my own life. A whole other planet actually. A miracle unto itself.

With each click of the shutter I felt it in my bones, ah yes, and I love this too!

It was as if I had never shot a picture before. Like everything was new again and at the same time I knew exactly what to do. Of course I did. With 15 years of experience of photography, I knew exactly what to do. And yet, I have distanced myself from that somehow, forgetting how much I love shooting with an outward gaze as much as one that’s inward. Where my camera is a mirror to someone else’s soul and the images lovingly affirm,

This is you my friend; beautiful, amazing, strong, courageous, real. This is you as you carry everything in your body. You are magic.

Moments like these feel like, old friends that have known you forever. The kind of friends that remind you who you are and where you’ve come from.  How I do love this side of photography and I realize that the looking inside only enhances the beauty and clarity of looking outside again.

And speaking of beauty…can you guess what amazing woman belongs to this beautiful belly? Leave your guess in the comments for a chance to win a copy of my motherhood journal Waiting for Baby. The folks at Ohdeedoh love it! I bet you will too.

The great belly reveal will be tomorrow on this fine mama-to-be’s blog! Stop by tomorrow and I’ll give you the mystery mama’s link!

A few days following a special project of love and kindness (dedicated to a dear soul) one of the generous hearts that coordinated the outpouring of love sent a little package to my door. Over so many miles she sent so much love.

Despite the fact that I have shared stories of this amazing thing they call the internet and all the true connections I have made because of it, I am still blown away and so grateful when it leaves me with something to hold in my hands. Or in the hands of my daughter (as seen here).

Share a little something that made you smile this week. Love and kindness welcome here.

Thank you Xanthe for such a kind gesture. It means the world to me.

One week later, I am still wading in the warm waves of satisfaction and validation from the Mom 2.0 Exhibit. Alas, just as I thought they might, the words to really describe the experience have all but escaped me. I spent the morning browsing through (and uploading) my photos from the reception at the Foto Fest Gallery. It was a grand celebration of what we do everyday; our day to day routines, our rituals, our children, our passions, our words, our hearts and souls, larger than life.

This is what we do. This is who we are. And we know (as we have always known) that what we are doing matters.

There's really not much more to say except that I am grateful to have had the opportunity to help bring these truths into such a bright and authentic light. Amidst the party brimming with revelry, laughter and joy, seeing my own work life on the gallery walls felt amazing. But seeing the work and words lives of so many other women that I love and admire all around me made my heart swell beyond measure. Shutter Sisters being honored like that was a dream come true.  It helped me to remember that Shutter Sisters (the blog) is one of my babies too. And as most mothers can attest, when someone loves and nurtures your baby like you do, there's no finer feeling.

It's an experience I will carry with me always.

I knew what to expect at Mom 2.0. Magic. A perfect mix of women coming together to talk about the things that matter to us; family, sisterhood, compassion, the web, career, play and passion. The weekend was everything i had hoped for and more. And I want to share it all! Every conversation, each photo, every tidbit of insight and inspiration. And like with anything wonderful, there are always unexpected delightsthat helped to weave colorful threads and beautiful texturesinto the experience.

Alas, I have been dropped back into my 'regular' life of children, chores, sniffly noses and other 'regular' life stuff (like the cable going out-which means no internet) and so i will allow myself to share a little at a time. I know as I do I will be able to savor the moments that passed so quickly from this weekend.

What about you? Although I'm a little late on this Monday, I would love to have you share something delightful and even unexpected you've found in your own life these days. Let's celebrate them together.

Beautiful tag above by Cambria Cove (sigh). And the bag that it came with? To die for.

Update: loving it all already at Mom 2.0 in Houston. Last night, Mad Men cocktail party and tonight is the exhibit reception at Foto Fest. Things just keep getting better! I love it when that happens.

What are the sights of your 'every day'?