I love that I introduced my children before I introduced myself! That makes me laugh! I never thought about it until today, when I had a few moments to write again! That is totally me, though. I am that mom. I will always put my children before myself. They are my world. It sounds cliche, but it is so true...at least in my little part of this world.
So, HI! I am Abby Steurer. Born Abigail Lynn Cunningham (see where I am getting the Abby Lynn now?!) I am in my early 30's, a wife, a mommy, a daughter, a sister (to 3!), a budding photographer, a caregiver, and a great friend. I have one of the best support system's in the entire world and I am truly grateful for each person I have in my life. I don't know where I would be without each of them.
I am not sure where to begin? I went to college for Child Development and Human Relations. I thought I would graduate and open my own Daycare Center. That was my big plan. Instead, I started working in one, as a head teacher, and learned the "in's and out's." I decided that wasn't the life for me after all! Too bad I had already gone through 4 years of school and earned my degree, huh? By this time, I was already married and pregnant with our Mackenzie. We made the choice to keep our children out of daycare and for me to be a stay at home mommy! Now, I was usually the girl with camera in hand, but after having Mackenzie, it became an obsession! I couldn't go anywhere or have her do anything new without that camera being right in front of me! I used to joke and say that she probably doesn't know who I am with out the camera in my face!
I was the mom that would send hundreds of picture's out to friends and family, through a sharing website, sometimes 2 times a month! I felt super annoying. I knew no one found my daughter as adorable as I did! Especially since I was the only one of my friends having babies at this point in our lives! Everyone else was still single and out doing things we did years prior. So, I started focusing more on the way I took the pictures. (Oh, don't worry, I still sent them out! Ha ha!) I didn't really research anything, I just looked through the lens in a different way! And when I began to experiment, a whole new world opened up for me! I felt a whole new side of me light up! I never knew I had it in me. People started to notice and comment and tell me things like, "you should do this for a living" and "you have a great eye." It took me YEARS to really start believing anyone, in fact, I still have trouble with my confidence, but I am getting there.
It has only been the last 8-10 months that I have been researching more on my own and really diving into Photography. I have met a few great people that have really helped me in the past year and I would be no where close to where I am now without their help. For them, I am truly grateful. I still have a long, long road ahead of me. One that will probably last the rest of my life! Isn't that exciting? I love that I have a little piece of this world to call mine. Something to strive for...to learn...to gain knowledge in again. It feels so good and I hope you have fun following along.
