shining moments....

Sometimes life feels this way.

I love this quote by Anna Quindlen.

Elder M. Russell Ballard quoted her in my favorite talk -

"Author Anna Quindlen reminds us not to rush past the fleeting moments. {or the so called basket-head mother syndrome} She said: “The biggest mistake I made [as a parent] is the one that most of us make. . . . I did not live in the moment enough. This is particularly clear now that the moment is gone, captured only in photographs. There is one picture of [my three children] sitting in the grass on a quilt in the shadow of the swing set on a summer day, ages six, four, and one. And I wish I could remember what we ate, and what we talked about, and how they sounded, and how they looked when they slept that night. I wish I had not been in such a hurry to get on to the next thing: dinner, bath, book, bed. I wish I had treasured the doing a little more and the getting it done a little less”(Loud and Clear [2004], 10–11).

What have I missed out on because I was so busy looking forward? Right now I'm not sure, I'm trying to recall. There always seems to be so much has happening I find it difficult to remember. Blogging helps. I wish I had started sooner, but later must be better than never!

I am working on living in the moment, enjoying the little things, slowly but surely I will get there.