Life gets busy. And fast. There are grocery trips and errands, cars to register, camps and classes, housework, schoolwork, playdates. Things slide into one another. Breakfast becomes playtime becomes driving becomes napping becomes bath time becomes bedtime becomes morning all over again. Days meld into months and May, June…July?! How did we get here? Oh and then next month there’s more campclasseserrandsdrivingplaying…
Then there are things that make moments
Stop
And crystallize with heartbreaking clarity.
The kids laughing in the backseat at nothing but each other.
The baby snuggling into me while she naps.
The utter silence at 4 am right before the birds start singing.
The big kid asking if she can paint right after breakfast.
Sleepy blinking eyeballs and a smile in the morning.
Husband laughing and playing with the girls.
Driving through the shady green woods on the way home.
Those crystal moments that will go with you forever, solidified in the moment’s pause they create.
A breath before the swirl of activity rushes back in.
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