Naked on film

My Facebook profile picture. So many people commenting on my beauty.
My emotions runneth over ...

When I was younger, I remember crying every time my picture was taken. Somewhere in the past few years, I started having fun with taking pictures with others. Selfies with my girls have become a tradition. We take at least one every time we are together. Selfies with strangers bring smiles to all involved. A couple of weeks ago, I asked my friend who was getting into photography if she would be willing to take some pictures of what 50 looks like on me. What I thought would be photos showing the fun-loving, positive woman I am, showed so much more than I was expecting.

As I looked at them, I was overcome with emotion.  Tears fell as I saw the journey I have been on this last year symbolized in the pictures. From the messy, yet beautiful, graffiti-laced  location of the shoot to the editing of the photos, Michell Bowers went behind my smile captured all of me…the confidence, the beauty, the vulnerability. The photos tell the story…

       

  

And just like that, I was jumpin' off the edge...