The summer is flying by and I don’t know where it’s gone. The days that passed in a numbing sameness during the winter are now a dizzying array of chaos and motion. Since Father’s Day we have had…
1 Vacation Bible School
1 mission trip
1 sinus infection
1 July 4th weekend at the lake
1 root canal
1 allergic reaction
2 out-of-town visitors
1 well-baby visit to the doctor
And in between all of that, Alexander has been growing and changing right along with the flowers planted on our back porch, and if I don’t make myself notice, that just fades into the noise around me. He’s now sitting up and crawling and noticing everything. It’s as if he is an explorer and nothing escapes his notice. And watching him watch the world makes me see everything with new eyes also.
It’s sometimes difficult with everything going on to just stop and see and be. But Alexander (and probably most little ones) is a pro at this. He is totally in the moment and, to him, nothing will ever be better than the moment he is in. Even as I enjoy him, I’m constantly going forward to the next moment, the next summer thinking, “Next summer, he’ll be walking. The next summer we’ll do swimming lessons. Maybe by the next we’ll do Disney World.”
It’s in those moments that my boy pats my face as if to say, “Hey, Mommy…I’m right here, right now. And nothing will ever be better than the moment we’re in…you and me, sitting in the porch swing, watching the flowers grow.”
1 Vacation Bible School
1 mission trip
1 sinus infection
1 July 4th weekend at the lake
1 root canal
1 allergic reaction
2 out-of-town visitors
1 well-baby visit to the doctor
And in between all of that, Alexander has been growing and changing right along with the flowers planted on our back porch, and if I don’t make myself notice, that just fades into the noise around me. He’s now sitting up and crawling and noticing everything. It’s as if he is an explorer and nothing escapes his notice. And watching him watch the world makes me see everything with new eyes also.
It’s sometimes difficult with everything going on to just stop and see and be. But Alexander (and probably most little ones) is a pro at this. He is totally in the moment and, to him, nothing will ever be better than the moment he is in. Even as I enjoy him, I’m constantly going forward to the next moment, the next summer thinking, “Next summer, he’ll be walking. The next summer we’ll do swimming lessons. Maybe by the next we’ll do Disney World.”
It’s in those moments that my boy pats my face as if to say, “Hey, Mommy…I’m right here, right now. And nothing will ever be better than the moment we’re in…you and me, sitting in the porch swing, watching the flowers grow.”
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