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Her mother bought her a book. It was for collecting things of the past. Storing report cards. Letters from friends. Crafts. Odds and ends. But as much as it was for reflecting on the past, it was also for collecting thoughts of the future. On the back of each section was a spot to check what you want to be when you grow up. Every year Sandra checked off ‘Mother’. Even as she grew older and this was replaced with categories like ‘Doctor’, ‘Lawyer’ and ‘Teacher’, she still added it back in. Some years she checked off ‘Lawyer’ and some years she checked off ‘Teacher’. But every single time she added in her own little box and ticked it off. “Mother”. There was no doubt in her mind.

As time rolled on, Sandra met the man of her dreams. She was 15. He was 18. Even at a young age there was not a moment of question in her mind : this was the man she would marry and start her family with. It never really occurred to Sandra that she wanted to be a photographer. She owned a camera and would take photos of her friends and family. Sending the rolls of film away, she would wait patiently for the developed images to arrive on her doorstep weeks later. She was the editor and primary photographer for her senior year book, but still, it never crossed her mind as being anything more than a hobby. Away she went to college, graduated top of her class. And she married the man of her dreams only a few months later. Bailey arrived a year and a half later. Then Rachael. Caroline. Warren and Victor. Most of her 20’s were spent either pregnant or nursing. She always knew she wanted to be a wife. Be a mom. Have a big family. And so she did.

But somewhere amongst the diapers, sleepless nights and 27 loads of laundry a week, she decided to do something just for her. Remembering her love of photography as a teenager, she enrolled in a course. Once a week she got to escape and have time just for her. She started taking photos of her kids. Other people’s kids. And she was hooked. What started as some quick snapshots, turned into assisting with another photographer, to now owning her own super successful company : Sandra Regier Photography.

She had always known she had wanted to be a wife and mother. Even back as a little girl checking off boxes in the book her mother gave her. Now, as the diapers and sleepless nights have vanished, the laundry still remains. While she may not have actively set out looking to be a photographer, she can’t imagine herself doing anything else on the planet. Those courses she took way back when were one of the best things she’s ever done. And recently Sandra did something else also just for her : a MILph session (Mom’s I Like to photograph). A chance for her to put on her favourite dress and heels. And feel sexy as a wife, a photographer and a mother of five.

You’re gorgeous, Sandra and one of the best moms I’ve ever met!

- Brianna (photos by Ewan)