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Mary Freeman

@maryfreee_

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I have a caffeine addiction and take photos sometimes. ☁️
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10 years.

10 years ago, I met my forever best friend. The boy who sat next to me in grade 10 English class. I didn’t know it at the time, but that small moment would change my life in the most incredible way.

A whole decade of growing up together. Of figuring out life, love, and everything in between. Of holding each other through hard seasons and celebrating the beautiful ones. You’ve seen me through every version of myself and loved me unconditionally through it all.

There’s something so special about falling in love so young and choosing each other day after day, as the years go by and life shifts around us.

You make me feel safe, supported, and deeply loved in every way. You cheer me on when I forget to believe in myself. You make me laugh when the world feels heavy.

Getting to walk through this life with you is the greatest gift I’ve ever been given. And even after ten years, I still look at you and feel that same rush I did back then, only now it’s grown into something even deeper, even more real.

I love you more than words could ever say. Thank you for choosing me then. Thank you for choosing me now. And thank you for choosing me always.

Here’s to ten years of love, laughter, lessons, and endless memories and to forever still to come.

I’m yours forever. 🤍 by @maryfreee_

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2 years ago

6 months without you.

Six months of learning how to live without my best friend and biggest supporter. Six months of waking up every morning and having to remember all over again that you’re gone.

I’ve learned so much about grief these past six months. I’ve learned that it doesn’t get easier just because time passes. I’ve learned that you can have a completely normal, ordinary day and suddenly be knocked to the floor by something you never saw coming.

Last week, I was filling out a completely mundane form. It asked for an emergency contact, something I hadn’t had to fill out since before you passed. Without even thinking, I went to write your name down, because for my entire life, you were the person I put there.

Something as simple as filling out a form sent me into a massive crying fit. It was such a painful reminder that there are so many little things I’m going to have to learn to do without you. Things I never thought twice about before.

And that’s the part of grief nobody really prepares you for. It’s not just missing you in the big moments. It’s missing you in the tiny ordinary ones too.

A song. A smell. The grocery store. Something I want to tell you. Something I know you would have loved. Reaching for my phone before remembering I can’t call you.

Your birthday would be next Sunday.

It feels so strange to be thinking about your birthday this year and knowing that instead of celebrating you, I’ll be celebrating the memory of you. And it doesn’t feel fair.

You should be getting older alongside me. You should be here for all the things I’m still becoming, all the things I haven’t gotten to tell you yet.

There are so many things I wish you were here for.

I wish I could tell you about my life. I wish I could hear your voice. I wish I could ask you what you think. I wish I could watch you experience all the things you were so excited for me to experience.

Six months later, I still miss you every single day.

I’m trying to keep living. I’m trying to find little pieces of happiness again. I’m trying to carry you with me instead of only carrying the pain of losing you.

But most days, I just really miss my mom.

I love you forever mommy. 🤍 by @maryfreee_

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a month ago

vancouver sunsets at the end of august ft. the moon 🤍 taken in Vancouver, British Columbia by @maryfreee_

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2 months ago

I’ll never get over the fact that I get to document love stories for a living and that also includes doing it for my friends.

Some sweet snaps of Mary, Nick & Gus from back in May in a place that meant so much to them. I’m so glad I could capture these for you and your fam 🤍 @folklorestoriesimagery

#lovestoriesonfilm #filmphotographer #vancouverislandphotographer #35mmfilm #mediumformatfilm taken in Nanaimo, British Columbia by @maryfreee_

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2 months ago

my sweetest boy and my adventure pal. He’s my whole world and doesn’t even know it. 🥹🤍 taken in Vancouver, British Columbia by @maryfreee_

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2 months ago

new truck who dis @fordcanada 💙 by @maryfreee_

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2 months ago

5 years married to my better half. I love you more than words can explain. I’m so grateful for you and our sweet little life. 🤍 taken in Vancouver Island, BC, Canada by @maryfreee_

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3 months ago

Seal season in Horseshoe Bay📍

The pups are out in full force and getting busy down in the bay! Come on down and see what they’re up to 🦭 @maryfreee_ helping to capture the magic 📸#discoverhorseshoebay #explorenorthshore taken in Horseshoe Bay by @maryfreee_

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3 months ago

last weeks work views taken in Sunshine Coast, Beautiful BC by @maryfreee_

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3 months ago

Saturdays are for farmers markets 🤍 taken in West Vancouver, British Columbia by @maryfreee_

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3 months ago

a love letter to Whitehorse 💌 taken in Whitehorse, Yukon by @maryfreee_

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4 months ago

family photos on film, done by the most amazing human @raeterrillonphoto, at a very special spot to Nick and I, and now our sweet boy Gus. ☁️ taken in Vancouver Island, BC, Canada by @maryfreee_

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