For the first time in a long time I am carrying around stress. Not to worry. It's not really bad stress, more like deadline stress. I don't find motherhood particularly stressful. Trying and exhausting at times, yes. But this work type of stress hasn't been around in a long while.
See, for the first time in five years I have actually contributed monetarily to our household, and I forgot how great that feels. Ever since I was around 14 I have been making some kind of money for myself. Well, this week was a pretty big moment for me; I opened a business account at the bank. A business account. Now, I don't know if I will make enough to truly merit a business checking, but it is there , and it seems to create this need to achieve.
The recent school portraits are the force behind this new development, with some people writing checks to my business name. I have to say, I hope this works out for me, because making pictures is definitely my calling. It is the thing I feel compelled to do. Not a moment goes by during the day when I am not thinking about a photo. My art prints are what make me really happy and it is nice to have another field that can help out.
Anyway, I just want to say thank you. Thank you for being the force that brought me back around to my passion. A passion about which I had almost forgotten. If it hadn't been for this terrifically inspiring internet world, you, I don't know if I would have ever come back around.
