I sat watching my daughter and my husband playing this weekend, just beaming. I think even my toes were smiling. My family makes me happier than anything else ever has.
She makes him giggle, he makes her giggle. She gives him a cookie, then takes it away at the last minute. She sticks her head through her legs to look at the world upside-down, and all of us get the giggles. She uses her hairbrush on her hair, to wild applause and praise from us, which she follows by using her giraffe as a hairbrush, then her block, then a bowl... maybe she didn't do the hairbrush thing on purpose, but now that we praised her for it, everything goes in her hair.
I love, love, love, love, love playing together. I love my life. My days are unspeakably perfect, my nights, a quiet pool of reflection. As Thich Nhat Hanh says, "Being in this moment, I know it is a wonderful moment."
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ReplyDeleteMy life with you is perfect. Now I just need to get my work life half as good.
ReplyDeleteIt's a gift to be "in the moment" and treasure this magic time. I'm so glad for you, that you are drinking it in.
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you really have a wonderful gift for enjoying and expressing the joy in your life. it's a pleasure to stop by and read this blog. thanks.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much, Melissa!
ReplyDeleteSo much happiness and joy in this post--it actually makes my heart hurt a little--but in a totally good way!
ReplyDeleteawww, this made my soul happy. as did Shaun's comment. i miss you guys!!!
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