just thinking

Today as I was reading http://blog.cjanerun.com/ and learning the latest updates on the sweet family who's lives have been interrupted by a tragedy, (some of you may have seen them on the today show last week) I began to think about my own life and the kind of mother I want to be and I remember a talk by Russell M. Ballard at conference a few years ago, and it reminded me of how important simple moments are and that I need to enjoy every second I have with my sweet family. I do not know what I would do if something tragic happened but I do hope that I would face it with the same courage, dedication, faith and hope that Steph and Christian's family have.

The Quote:
Author Anna Quindlen reminds us not to rush past the fleeting moments. She said: “The biggest mistake I made [as a parent] is the one that most of us make. . . . I did not live in the moment enough. This is particularly clear now that the moment is gone, captured only in photographs. There is one picture of [my three children] sitting in the grass on a quilt in the shadow of the swing set on a summer day, ages six, four, and one. And I wish I could remember what we ate, and what we talked about, and how they sounded, and how they looked when they slept that night. I wish I had not been in such a hurry to get on to the next thing: dinner, bath, book, bed. I wish I had treasured the doing a little more and the getting it done a little less”(Loud and Clear [2004], 10–11).

I hope that I will never let those "fleeting moments" pass without some recognition, and I hope that I will find delight in the little things and that I can teach Savannah the same. For truly life is made up of small simple moments. They are the moments that should take our breath away.

My challenge: enjoy the little moments today. document them. savor them.