Our Weekend
:: Our Weekend ::
Our weekend was filled with so much and yet I never feel like we did everything I had imagined we would do. I have made a habit of making a list in a small Moleskine book of all the little activities I want to do with my girls. I am always thinking back and saying "oh, we should have..."
Thankfully, while sitting in church and trying to listen attentively to the homily, I had a moment of clarity. I realized that we do exactly what matters at that moment. Sometimes we have to stop to tie a shoe, or kiss a boo and in that moment we discover something new like a tiny ant that we must watch or a butterfly we must chase. My eldest will sometimes ask me to come and watch something she can do or did and I just drop whatever I am doing and I just sit and watch. To be in the moment is hard in a world filled with over stimulation but I find so much clarity in that moment. It is like the fog lifts and I see how beautiful life is in that moment. Every moment is important even the ones that don't seem like much. Those are the times that make up a life full of memories.
Our Saturday afternoon of finger painting that subsequently led to hosing down and mud-pie making.
I like the idea of keeping ideas as a running list of things to do. Then at least you can flip through it and remember what it is that you want to do! I forget many day trips that are on my mental list.
ReplyDeleteSo wonderful to live in the moment (especially with our little ones).
ReplyDeleteI love that the finger painting led to mud pie making.
Sounds like an enlightening weekend!
Wishing you a blessed week!
xoxo
I love it when my little man brings me back to the moment. It is hard sometimes to be in that place, but children have a way of pulling us in and I never regret it :)
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