my mom ♡

It's my mother's birthday today! My mom is one of the loveliest women you'll ever meet; her happiness and enthusiasm is totally contagious, as is her insane + loud laughter, and her ridiculous catch-phrases. We share a deep love and appreciation of clothes, our favourite lunch is popcorn + jelly tots, and together we are an extremely excitable pair and can often be seen shaking our fists about in excitement.

As well as being fun, kind and able to get along with just about anyone, she is also cursed with the burden of being terribly beautiful. She was scouted just after she left high school and spent many years travelling the world as a model. One time she hung out with Guns 'n Roses, so she's pretty cool.

(taken by my dad)

Often my parents would let me take the days off school to be my mom's child in shoots (clearly they had their priorities in order). Here are just a few of us in action :

Happy birthday Mama, you are so beautiful inside and out and I love you a lot!