If I Only Had Today…Sweet Moments

Yesterday I took my kids to get their pictures done by my amazingly talented friend from Framed Photography.  If you are ever looking for a good photographer she is highly recommended.  I am excited to see the pictures she got. 

On the way home I saw this really pretty area with trees and a path and envisioned my kids holding hands walking on the path.  So, I pulled over {my husband was nice enough to humor me} and let me take a few shots.  No they aren’t professional, and no they aren’t perfect, but It was exactly what I pictured in my head. 

I sure love these kiddos.  They teach me so much everyday of my life and I am so blessed to be their mom. 

The other day I watched a movie my dad sent to me called Midway to Heaven.  It was a cute story, but what got to me the most was the music by Hillary Weeks.  The song at the end is called “If I Only Had Today” and I was bawling my eyes out through the whole song…and then, guess what?  I listened to it 3 more times!  Seriously why?  I am a nut with crazy prego hormones!!  But I just loved the song.  Go and listen to it here.  It is beautiful and really made me grateful for my days and for all I have.

The words have been stuck in my head all week.  It has helped me slow down a bit and not stress the small stuff.  As much as I want to think of my kids this small, holding hands, helping each other, they are going to grow up and go live their own lives.  I hope by that time I will have taught them all they need to know and that they will help each other even after they “grow up”.  Although the song is more about dying, it made me think more about living each day as though it were the last and enjoying each special moment we have with those we love. 

So get off the computer, turn the TV off and go spend some good quality time with your kids, because the days we get to spend with our kids are going to go by really fast!!