moments...

If every day living there are moments that stop us in our tracks and moments we can't wait to get through. 

With children you try to stop the moment and photograph it so you can look at it physically and remember when it happened.  I know with my own girls I try and do this but it's the moments you can't get the camera or don't want to walk away because you could miss it that live in my mind's eye forever.  Witnessing a sweet gesture from the big sister, a silly face the little one makes, the quiet times of them playing so nice with each other are the real moments to remember.  Watching the excitement in their faces as they accomplish something is such a pleasure to see and listening to their sweet voices giggling in unison could melt the coldest heart.  So many times though I forget to live in the moment.  I sometimes try to rush it by because something needs to get done or some other mundane thing is taking up my time.  I think many parents have some guilt like this and want it to be better.  Our children grow up so fast.  It seems like yesterday I was in the hospital with this new baby and so many questions and now I have a 4 year old going to playschool in a month.  What happened to 4 years??   

As for the moments I can't wait to get through, well those are the every day bickering, not sharing, complaining and raw emotional outbursts that I feel I could do without.  If I try and think of those situations from a different perspective what would I get from them.  Well......life lessons in the making, loved ones that are there in the end no matter what the fight is about, and emotional growth and development.  Wow, so perceptive.  Now trying to apply those perspectives during the heat of the moment is really a lesson in its self.

Love, love, love is what it all comes down to.  Love yourself, love each other, love the moments whether they be the best ones or the difficult ones.  Life can fly by so fast some days that we shouldn't waste a moment.

Isn't love all we need?