This SOTM was said to our subject by one of her parents. “Now I have an awesome career and an awesome husband so I’ve gone ahead and proven that quote totally wrong,” she says.

Incidentally the battery on my Nikon D90 died just as I was heading out to take this shot, so I had to use my little Panasonic compact camera instead, which struggled in the low light. Still, I like the charm of this shot. Taken in New York.