I’ve been following this blog for a little while now, and found it suiting to share it with you all. You Are My Wild is a portrait project brought by 14 photographers set out to document the livelihood of their own offspring. I thought this project was interesting just in itself – a challenge to document your own life through snaps of your loved ones and of special moments found in your everyday life. The images that I connected most with were the quiet interactions and unspeakable bond of siblings that were caught on candid.




My fondest memories while growing up were with my sister Adri, and now with her very own little one on its way, I can’t help but think about the siblings and cousins that Baby Everly will have one day and be able to share these exact memories with. Back when I was planning my wedding, Adri surprised me with the sweetest words of encouragement and notes called Letters to my Sister. When I look back, I am so happy to be able to have these letters as part of my wedding memories too. Here, we continue Letters to my Sister, where hopefully my words of support will provide a memento for Adri during this exciting journey of her life:
My dearest Neca,
You just made the wildest announcement to our family tonight, that you and A will be expecting a baby in September!! Our crazy family really went crazy. Literally! Screaming, crying & laughing all at the same time is something I will never forget. My mouth literally dropped because I was really not expecting your amazing news but all I could think of was… I should have known! There were so many signs that you were pregnant and I still can’t believe that I didn’t know or even expected it, which only makes me realize that there’s just way too much going on to notice the little or BIG things. I should have known, so I’m sorry that I didn’t. To top it all off, you’re not even a good liar!
You know in my heart how I feel about being an auntie because you and I were able to experience these past 6 years with our nieces and it’s truly been the best experience yet, right? It makes me even happier to know I’ll be an auntie again, this time to YOUR baby. I don’t know anything about being a mom but I do know and have experienced your love, and with no doubt is your baby already SO loved by you and all of us. I’m so scared for you because c’mon, let’s be honest, YOU’RE GOING TO BE A MAMA!! I know deep in my heart that you will be the best mama ever. Baby Everly is so lucky!
Remember when I was a little sad that you were getting married because I was going to have to share you with your hubby? Now I’ll have to share you with 1 more person but honestly it’s true when they say the more the merrier. Watching our family grow and thinking about you being a mama makes me want to cry of happiness. I’m beyond excited to say that I can’t wait to share this next stage of life with you. Congratulations Neca from the bottom of my heart! I couldn’t ask for a better way to start the new year.
Always by your side,
Suca
(photos courtesy of You Are My Wild)