Happy Birthday

As mothers, we can never forget the day our children are born.  From the first labor pain to the moment we finally hold them in our arms, every second is burned into our hearts forever.  My little one turns five today and while the new baby smell and sleepless nights have faded from my memory, everything about the day she arrived will remain with me always.  We took these photos, as we do each year around a Birthday, to capture a fleeting moment in time, mark the milestone, the passing of a year.  The trees were still gray and stark but the light was golden and my subject glowed with a radiance all her own.