Photo of the Day: A Moment

This photo looks like what it is: an unedited, quick candid snapshot, with no photographic or compositional quality whatsoever. Still, I can’t help it, I’m their mother: I love it. Someone once told me that when dealing with young children you can’t look for days or even hours of “smooth/easy/good/pleasant”/however-you-define-the-GOOD. Instead, you have to hope for a moment, or a few, each day to truly be present in— a moment, or a few, when you truly can see and feel the truly good happening. When I heard this it resonated with me immediately. I actually think it can be said about dealing with any age children – or people of all ages for that matter – and I try to be mindful of that as much as I possibly can be. I know it is true, for example, in working with college-aged students. And I know it is true, for example, in living out a marriage. And so, I don’t necessarily see the world through rose-colored-glasses, rather, I work hard to not expect things to be wonderful all the time, and instead, I try to string together the good moments that fall amongst all the rest of the relatively mundane (and/or difficult and challenging) times, and cling to them. Easier said than done. But I’m learning to be better at it all the time. This blog helps. At the dinner table I grabbed the camera because this was a moment to cling to.