Nine

Just a few portraits taken a little while ago to make sure Maya has some nice memories of the age she was when she first came to Canada. She is three years younger than I was when I first came to Canada so I can relate how scary things were at first. I was heading into my teenhood and things were quite dramatic. Sometimes I feel like she is heading into teenhood already because each day is so different but for the most part she is still nine and naive to what's waiting for her ahead. She tries very hard and often falls but she picks herself right back up again and continues on.