Moments in Time

Being a mother of 3 young boys, I constantly struggle balancing my life.  Most days I feel like all I do is yell at my kids, clean the house, and do the laundry.  I really want my days to be filled with quality mother son activity.  I'm a stay at home mom for crying out loud.  Shouldn't every day be meaningful and full of bonding time?  It's unrealistic and impossible to believe that every day of motherhood will be bliss, however there are several moments throughout the day when I think, 'in this very moment, everything seems right with the world'.  I had a moment like that yesterday and I had to document it.  After all the snow and horrible inversion, we had sunny, beautiful weather yesterday.  Max need to detach himself from his Skylanders fantasy world and I needed to soak in some rays.  He reluctantly got his snow clothes on and we headed out.  After 20 minutes of shoveling snow and cleaning up the yard I decided to forget my household chores and play!  We made a little sledding hill next to our driveway, threw snow balls, and ate suckers.  Max proclaimed, "This is the life!".  

  

As soon as we could see Hank walking home from the bus stop and epic snow ball fight began. 

We laughed for an hour straight.  I felt more like myself than I have in months.  My kids need to see the spontaneous, fun-loving, free spirit version of me more often.  For that moment in time, I was completely present and engaged with my boys.  It was bliss.  We had so much fun together.  The rest of the day sort of went to hell  but at least I had that moment.  This is a lesson I keep reteaching myself.  Instead of focusing on having a fantastic day, how about focusing on enjoying the fantastic moments that arise every day while they last.  It was a priceless afternoon I will never forget.  Here's to many more of those!