the storms endured

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the storms endured
the storms endured

☀️Please let this be the thing you read today.☀️

For the first time in 11.5 years of creating imagery, I'm doing my first OPEN EDITION print sale. All profits go to National Angels, an organization dedicated to providing resources to foster kids and foster families. Prints are $45 USD each, and WHCC has given their support so that more money can go to this cause. Please share this widely and, if you need a reason, here are some reasons to buy one:

👉 Buy it to honor yourself as a strong pillar in someone's life.
👉 Buy it to honor a strong parental figure (mother, father, aunt, uncle, cousin, sister, brother, friend...someone who lifts you up).
👉 Buy it for your own child as a reminder of strength.
👉 Buy it to support kids in foster care, like my foster son, Jude.
👉 Share it to spread awareness about foster care - there are a terrible amount of kids in care with nowhere safe to go.
👉 The sale will only be open for 3 DAYS.
👉 It will be a very, very, very long time before I do something like this again.

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I said goodbye to my foster son 11 days ago. As I huddled, sobbing when he drove away down the street for the last time, I felt great loss and great strength of conviction. I am a foster mother because I am prepared to take on the pain that I don't want children to feel. It hurts so much to lose him - he is everywhere - but I am stronger knowing that I gave him a new life.

Strong as a foster mother. What I learned in my 8 months of motherhood is that I am a pillar, a foundation, the strength of a hundred branches reaching out to steady, and the falling leaves, too, of being able to handle loss with grace. I am everything I need to be. I'm willing to bet you are, too.

Purchase this 10x10 inch fine art print and all profits go to aid kids in foster care.

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Taken on: August 18, 2020
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