Joanna Gaines ' youngest son Crew is always serving up opportunities for inspiration — and reflection. Fans of the HGTV star are well aware that the six-year-old is his mom's right hand little man, and she can always count on him for help around the house, crafting, even honey harvesting, and any outdoor activities. Now, with the year soon coming to an end, the doting mom has shared how her youngest got her in a reflective mood.
In her Magnolia Journal's latest installation , the last before the year ends, Joanna explained that towards the end of the year, she always goes through her camera roll to look back on the year. This time, she "had to stop" over a photo of Crew, in which "his body [is] bent over the boat's edge, his face hovering close to the water," and that "the snapshot is Crew's reflection painted in the shallow water, his wide boyish grin staring back at him — at us." "Have you ever looked at a photo and felt as though it held the whole of a person? Exactly as you see them.
Exactly as you pray they see themselves?" she then wrote, adding: "Crew, our youngest, turned 6 this year. I've learned to savor this age, this sacred season of childhood when kids wear curiosity and confidence like their birthright. His body language tells me he's thinking about jumping in.
"Like so many times before, I witness the way he gives himself over to a sort of wild love for adventure whenever nature's at his feet. His eyes, though, are where I pause the longest. They tell me th.
