Brad Paisley has a song called “Little Moments.” It’s a love
song and the verses describe the every day moments we smile about, perhaps take
for granted. The lyrics of the chorus
are, I live for little moments like that…
I’ve been on the road, getting my son ready for college,
busy closing on my house and moving. I knew the next couple of weeks were going
to be challenging, and difficult to keep up with writing. But I made a commitment
to myself that I would write at least 3 times, and I’m running out of days!
Yesterday, I had one of those little moments, and then I rememebered I had one of
those little moments on the road too, and I got to thinking. If I jotted down
some of these little moments I could accomplish a whole host of things; like
keeping my commitment to write even if only a view words briefly and capturing these moments for possible future
writing. Most importantly though, it would help me with gratitude, reminding me
about the so many things in my life I can be grateful for.
Here are the first two of my (maybe new series?) little moments.
August 7, 2017 between 4:00 and 5:00 pm.
I was driving from Fort Myers to Orlando to spend two days
at PACE Orange. My friends at Enterprise had given me a loaded Maxima, and
it had great pick-up and a great stereo system. As usual, my iphone was plugged
in for tunes, and I was jamming out. Across the sky in front of me there was a hazy mist. It was
difficult to tell if it was fog or rain in the distance, but soon a faint
rainbow started to appear. All of this, just as the song “Life in Color,” by
One Republic came up in my shuffled playlist. It was just one of those moments.
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| Its hard to see, and now I can see it was actually a double rainbow! I was driving while I took this, shhh. |
August 10, 2017 approximately 7:30 am.
My husband and I were talking amongst the cluttered living
room. He had to meet the site manager at the house one last time before we went
to the closing at 10. I was sitting on the love seat drinking my coffee, and
Jacob came to the top of the stairs looking down over me with sleepy eyes.
After we exchanged good mornings, he
came down, plopped down on the loveseat next to me, and leaned over putting his
head on my chest. He sat with me there for quite some time, like he did almost daily when he was little. These days it doesn’t happen very often. I get I love yous and hugs and even kisses,
but cuddles are a bit of a rarity at this point. Shirtless from being in bed, I
placed my arm around him and lightly rubbed the youthful soft skin on his back.
It reminded me how quickly I went from Mommy to Mom. I love those flashback moments.
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