Do you remember your first photograph? As far as I can tell, this was mine. Not bad for a 4 year old, I guess. As we look through the albums that my mom has curated over the years, this is the first one where she is actually in the picture. That is such a mom thing to do. I look back at some of my pictures since I started having kids and I am rarely in them. For many reasons, moms think that it is ok not to be in the picture. They feel like they have let themselves go, don’t want to be remembered that way, etc. Truth is they are the most important thing in a child’s life, and they will one day ask, “where are the pictures of mom”? They do want to know what you looked like. It doesn’t matter that your hair is in a messy bun and you are wearing yoga pants for the 5th day in a row. You are their source of comfort, their guardian, their personal chef, their executive assistant and so many other things. Get in the picture moms. Better yet, hand your kid the camera.