.Finding the Beauty. {edited}

{edit} Since posting this Cadi has once again spiked a fever of over 102. She is listless and miserable. Tomorrow we go to the doctor. Please pray for her, and I am coveting prayers that Jamesy is not next. This has been a really long few weeks of sickness. I really want my children healthy and able to enjoy the Christmas season. Thank you, friends.

....in the ordinary.



I am still tending sick children. Although, honestly, Scotty probably could have gone to church today, we decided to keep him back home. His asthma makes his immune system more susceptible to sickness, so I want to make sure he is completely healthy. Cadi is still running a slight fever, but I do believe she is on the upswing. And Jamesy, well he always stays with Mommy.

While I am discouraged to once again be missing church, I cannot help but be thankful for these moments with my littles. This season of them all being little is slipping away so quickly. So today I redeemed the moment, and found beauty in their snuggles, kisses, giggles, and cuddles in my bed.

I found beauty in the realness, the simplicity, the little details of these pajama-clad children.

.Ten Things No One Shared With Me Before Becoming a Mommy.

10. That cleaning goldfish crackers ground into the carpet would be a daily thing.

9. That I would not be able to sleep at night until I had checked on, kissed, and tucked in each of my children - even though I had done it just a few hours before.

8. That I may as well wear my swimsuit to give my children a bath, because I end up soaked every. time.

7. That some of my best moments are spent on the couch with children all over me as I read and read and read story books.

6. That every time I make my from scratch macaroni and cheese, my children will raise their eyebrows and sigh about it not being from a box.

5. That my camera would get so much use, and that I would have so little time to do anything with those photos.

4. That I would want to teach my children at home, and that I would delight in it.

3. That some days the house will be a mess, dinner will be cereal, the children and I will all wear sweats, and the world will not stop.

2. That chubby hands that reach out for mine and sticky kisses, just for me, could make my heart burst.

1. That life would be this crazy, this loud, this chaotic and busy, and most of all this wonderful.

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.These are the Moments.

Not composed.




Not set up.





Not always in focus.







Spontaneous.







Giggle inducing.





Silly.





Real life.





Natural.





Timeless.



No props.



Mundane.





Beautiful.



Everyday.

These are the moments that I never want to forget.

The normal

mundane

everyday

simple

life-living

moments.

I dare you to get out your camera and capture yours today. Sometimes looking through the lens changes the ordinary, the every day moments, into a moment worth cherishing for a lifetime.


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