Ode to the Kids

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, everyone! 😀

I always feel like a kid this time of year. Santa does exist. Reindeer can fly. The North Pole is filled with elves who are making amazon giftcards and photo gear. That gigantic box under the tree is not a $120 Lego set, no sir. It is in fact a suitcase that can turn into a hovercraft.

For this one day, I believe as kids do. Christmas is a children’s holiday in my heart; an ode to children around the world, going back two thousand years and going forward four thousand more. We grown ups can learn so much from them — from ourselves, when we were their age. Our ability to dream and imagine should never fall victim to the cynicism and seriousness of the real world. We should always look at the smallest things and recognize them for the miracles that they are, whether it be an earthworm poking out of the ground, the water on a flower petal at dawn, or the sound of a child laughing. They laugh not because there is something funny, but rather because at that moment, there is nothing that is not funny.

So here’s my little photographic ode to the kids. Most of them are my clients; a few are my younger cousins, niece and nephew (couldn’t resist!). For all of them I am incredibly thankful.

 


 

– Jim

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