Really been focusing on moments throughout this holiday season…
Sitting with my sister-in-law around my dad’s table. Eating Italian take-out, laughing about growing older, sharing craft and sewing ideas.
Watching my kids open their gifts to each other this year … simple, inexpensive … but drenched with anticipation and excitement and joy of the sharing of experience and life.
Discussing movies with my brother … getting his ideas, listening to his reflections, able to “argue” with him and still be OK.
Smiling as Ethan bounds to basketball practice, seeking acceptance from his coach, who already thinks Ethan’s a great kid. Starting to see the man this little boy is becoming.
Seeing my husband’s chest rise and fall as he sleeps soundly and securely beside me in the early morning light.
Gathered around a table tonight at a friend’s home, eating bar cheese and sipping White Zinfandel and laughing … them in their early twenties, just beginning their “adult” lives, me wandering through my mid-forties, just drinking in their laughter and their friendship and our lives together.
Watching “The Little Mermaid” with the family (minus Ethan, who’s at an overnight), and just smiling as they laugh out loud, just like when they were all little.
The more I notice and drink in moments, the richer I am. The more I laugh, the more I live. The more I look for beauty in small, “insignificant” things, the more rewarded I become. This holiday season has taught me much, and it’s had very little to do with Christmas.
