Happy Valentine's Day, dears! Today we offer a Valentine to each one of you - 10% off your Portraits that Move Signature Portrait purchase today through Monday, 2/19.
Thank you for bringing light and love into our day, today and every day that you share your family, your story, your voice with us.
xo,
Susannah and the Portraits that Move Team
I am so excited about Valentine’s Day. I love any excuse to be romantic, generous and expressive. These days Valentine’s Day is all about my son, my family and my friends. I use it as a formalized reason to express how much I treasure all of them, how much they mean to me and how much gratitude I have for the expansive love in my life.
This year, I got curious, about what being in love means to my son, so I asked him:
“What do you think it means to be in love?”
His response, “Being in love is about generosity, kindness, loyalty and protection.” I was floored by his answer. What a teacher he is, this son of mine.
I opened up the question to a couple of his friends. One friend said that, “Being in love means you have a person that cares about you that you also care about.”
Another friend said “It means finding a person you want to marry.” This was a common theme, another young girl said, “Being in love is when you love someone so much and they love you so much, enough that you want to marry them. And that is being in love." All true.
I find talking to kids about their feelings and the definitions of their feelings so enlightening. Doing so opens the window into what they are thinking and also into new ways of seeing our own emotions.
We are showing our kids how much we love them by listening, hearing them and honoring their ideas. There is nothing more loving than that.
Wishing you all tremendous love on Valentine’s Day. Hope it comes to you in many forms, those expected and those suprising.
February is a special time of year here at Portraits that Move. We are busy creating Valentine video gifts and listening to kids talk about love. They share what love means to them, who they love and why, and what their own special plans are for celebrating and sharing love.
That's one of the beautiful things about creating documentary style short films for families. We have the privilege - and the responsibility - of helping kids communicate their love and joy to the people they love the most.
And we get to celebrate right along with all of you. Through every film shoot, every hour in the editing room, and all of our conversations with kids and parents, we are living and sharing love and joy.
As we head into Valentine's Day, know that we love every one of you - our clients, friends and readers. And we are so grateful to help you spread the love today and always.
Happy Valentines Day!