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Big post that has nothing to do with what I’m posting.
These two sweet souls had their first look in Grand Place last September.
For those who know me, in the last few years I've been facing an enormous amount of change and unforeseen events in my life.
First of all, I moved to a different country. This alone is a big deal: from Rome to Brussels, the shift wasn’t easy at all.
After that, on a personal level, so much happened, while, at the same time, the world was facing issues like Covid, Ukraine war, energetic crisis…
I'm completely changed from who I was 6 years ago, physically and mentally. I'm absolutely not the person I thought I would have been, I'm not the mother, the partner, not even the photographer I imagined I would become. For reasons that absolutely weren't under my control.
For a long time, I deeply suffered because of this.
I wanted to change things.
I wanted to live in a country where there are more sunny days and where the people are more open and warm.
I wanted my contagious positivity and energy to be back instead of having moments of fear or lack of hope for the future.
I wanted to be the person I dreamed of being.
In the end, that's what a lot of the medias tell: become the person you want to be.
The thing is just that sometimes it's not possible.
And the only way I found not to struggle and to feel at peace is acceptance.
It sounds easy, it's just a word. But how a long, long process it is. It never ends, actually. Because there will be new things to accept.
That's how I'm facing this period of my life, and that's how I face my job. I’m learning to accept that most of the time, it is what it is, and I try to embrace it. Be it a flaw of mine or something that I don’t like in people that love and surround me. I think flaws are what make us and things unique, and there's nothing wrong with them.
During a wedding day or a photo shoot, I accept all that happens, without trying to change anything. I accept that I don’t have much time and energy (and willingness) to dedicate to my Instagram page sometimes, and it’s fine. I accept that sometimes my job can be exhausting.
In any case, everything is worthwhile.](https://www.elenamantovanweddingph.com/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)