“Written by a mother for her family, about her family, to her family….if you enjoy as well, that’s an added bonus”

They Are All Home…..What a Blessing

It was with a mother’s great joy that I sat in my living room last night and was blessed by the presence of my three children (and husband and son’s girlfriend).  

Laughter, teasing, gentle ribbing of one another over so many silly, intimate, family things….

I sat there and watched

And listened

Their catching up with one another’s lives from absence from one another these past 12 months…..

I get it now

I’ve been a clinical mental health graduate student for a few years and they drill into our heads and hearts the concept of “being present” in the moment

We do things in class to grow us in our ability to “be present”…..things which to the outside world may seem kind of strange or odd….things like meditation, yoga, focus processing…..

Things like sitting quietly or listening only to another person without saying a word where nodding our heads in affirmation is our only ability….

I confess that some of this practice caught me off guard at first

But, now I get it

All we have truly is the present in which to be present

The now….the current little moments which pass by so quickly that if we are not careful, we will miss them

It is a rare and few people who understand this early in life…most, like me, have to learn this later as we age and our thoughts and actions slow down long enough to understand

Living in the moment is what we are called to do because this moment

Well…

That’s all we are guaranteed

So, as I sit in my family room watching my sweet babies who have all been apart from our family nest these past twelve months finishing up school or learning to serve our country…

I soak it up 

Every precious laugh,

Every sweet giggle

The male bravado

The female joy

And, I thank God

I have three children who God has given to me as one of His great blessings in my life….

To remind me of all that is good and grand and precious

And, to help me understand to

Live in the present…..because, truly, it is the greatest “present”

Blessings on your day!

Lesa