Checking in.....

"Life has a way of seeming unimportant when it is in the present".  I am pretty sure I read this quote from Ali Edwards, not sure if it was on the blog or in a magazine, but I wrote it on a scrap piece of paper and had it up in my office for a couple of years.  I looked at it occasionally, I agreed with the message, but I sometimes forgot to really hear it....sometimes I forget to pay attention.  Life is like that.  We are so busy, we move from one thing to the next, feeling important, but forgetting to cherish the moments.  The little things that make up my day will one day be the big things I miss the most....having my children here and seeing their faces first thing in the morning, having 300 ponytail elastics in various jars all over my bathroom, random piles of change, keys and pieces of paper thrown on top of the fridge, buying a box of cereal that disappears in 2 days, endless laundry, scrambling to remember money for pancake breakfasts at school.....all the things that just happen, this is what makes up our story.  I think back to the piles of Lego that used to be all over the house...it would drive me crazy when I stepped on them or we couldn't eat at the kitchen table because Tyler was in the middle of a creation...I would love to have those Lego piles again.  I am so glad I was a stay at home Mom for all those years.  I really did enjoy those moments as my family's story unfolded.  Today I am checking back in, making a commitment to take notice once again of the important moments of our story.

Today Murray took the van for a oil change, Tyler came very close to missing the bus, Grace had a few tears and was feeling sad about going to school, Abby wore her cozy grey sweater on a very cold day, and I am home...my favourite place to be.  Life is good!

Cheers to wonderful day.....