Sunday, July 19, 2009

seize the moment

Life has a way of handing us exquisitely wonderful moments sometimes, even in the midst of crises, bedlam, or the chaos of an ordinary day. For example, recently, when three of my little great-nephews were visiting, I asked for a photo of them taken with me. [It's EXTREMELY rare that I ask for a photo of myself, but for some reason, it seemed important that afternoon.] They immediately swarmed over to me, surrounding me with their youthful exuberance. I SEIZED THE MOMENT and held it close to me when the youngest (3 years old) just came to me and laid his head next to my heart to face the camera, without any prompting. This morning I came across the photo when I was sorting through my digital pics and grasped that moment all over again. One day, when he's older, I'll tell him how much that moment meant to me.

Exquisite joy.


Hope your day is truly blessed,
Melanie

7 comments:

xashee's corner said...

i LOVE that story and thank you for sharing it with your WONDERFUL wa!! :) Have a SUPER day!!

Crystal said...

Thanks for sharing. I love pictures with my nephews they mean the world to me.

Joy said...

oh goodness.. what a wonderful thing. Have a great day and thank you.

Joy

Pattycakes said...

Thank you!! :)

Carol said...

Thank you for all of your great word art.

Kim said...

Great word art - thanks for sharing!

Chris said...

Thank you for sharing your talent, what a sweet story of the boys.