Jadea spends her days capturing moments for other people. As a professional photographer, she’s the one behind the lens—freezing milestones, framing memories, handing people the proof of their own joy.
But for a while, she wasn’t doing the same for herself.
“I spend a lot of time reminding my clients to print their photos,” she told us. “I was completely forgetting to do it for me.”
In 2023, she started printing with Mootsh—a way to care for her own memories as intentionally as she does everyone else’s.
“I didn’t want to sit down in my chair as an old woman and have no photos to hold in my hands of the years I poured myself into.”
Each month, she chooses the photos that feel most true to her life at that moment. Not necessarily the most polished, but the ones that hold meaning. The ones that tell the story of what this season looks like and feels like.
She uses Mootsh to archive those memories—printing them, organizing them by date, and keeping them in their sleeves to protect and preserve them. They live in an old box in the living room, easy to reach when the mood strikes.
And often, it does. “My girls and I will often pull down the box and look through the photos together,” she says. “It becomes an activity—‘Let’s look at pictures, Mama!’”
This small ritual has become a way to stay connected to her own story. A way to slow down, look back, and remember the moments that might’ve slipped by unnoticed.
Now, she’s giving her own memories the care she’s always given everyone else’s.
Inspired to start your own ritual?
Mootsh is a monthly photo membership that sends 10 high-quality prints to your mailbox—thoughtfully packed inside a beautiful photo sleeve. Start printing your memories with Mootsh.
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