Camera Mama

Hopping on the “2026 is the new 2016” trend! I scrolled waaaaaay back and these are the photos we featured one year ago TODAY!

Here’s a breakdown of the ideas I shared on the Noon Show the other day! 🎄

Check out the whole video in the link in profile on ! 🎄

During the holidays
& always.

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Keep capturing your messy, beautiful life. Take photos & videos with your phone, with your camera, splurge for the photographer you’ve been wanting to hire. Capture it all. One day, these photos will tell the story of your family. ✨

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It’s the photos that I don’t have that are sometimes the most poignant reminder of this…like what I would give to have a photo of myself wearing my paperboy bag all loaded up with the newspapers I had rolled! 🗞️🗞️🗞️ (I can still smell that newsprint & remember having my hands blackened with newspaper print.)

Because of this regret I may or may not be the stalker/paparazzi mom who stands at the Starbucks counter and takes iPhone pics of my daughter helping her drive through customers. ☕️

I may or may not have caused some eye rolls from my son when I not-so-surreptitiously snapped some photos of him taking orders outside at the Chick-Fil-A drive through.😏

And I still regret not being sneaky and getting photos of my kids when they worked as lifeguards and swim instructors! 🛟

Just like they say in basketball…you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take!📸

Xxo R

Two weeks ago today I stood on the hallowed grounds of the 9/11 Memorial & Museum.

I had visited the Memorial many times before but this was my first time inside the museum.

To those who are wondering if they should take the time out of a busy NYC trip to spend time in the 9/11 Museum, my answer is a resounding YES!

We all have so much more in common than we have different.

One day all your children will have is
PICTURES OF YOU. Make sure you are in them NO MATTER WHAT your hair looks like, your make up, or your body. They won’t care about any of that, they’ll just want to see you. DO IT FOR THEM.

“Family photos become more valuable
with each passing year.
They are gifts to this generation
& evolve into cherished treasures
for those that come after.”

-Rebecca Malouf Franson


I am extremely fortunate to have lots of photos that were taken by my grandparents & great grandparents. They are truly treasures to me.

Happy Earth Day!

…and I think to myself, what a wonderful world🤍

Fun times with the action figure ai trend!

If you have Littles who are coming home from school feeling super proud of their creations, taking a few quick photos of them not only documents what they have made (so you don’t feel guilty about tossing it in a few weeks😅) but it’s also a great way to demonstrate to your child that what they create is important to you!

Xxo R

Is it ever too late to celebrate love? Not in my book!

Try these fun ideas next year, today, tomorrow, in the middle of summer…WHENEVER!