Beauty

I love those moments in life where the beauty of the moment is so intense you want to hold on to the moment forever. Tonight, after a long, challenging day, my precious 4-year-old threw a decidedly non-precious tantrum. For much of the day, as she tromped along behind me through one errand after another, I told her we would go to the park. It worked, and she behaved, but as one errand ran into another, it was dinner time....and a late dinner at that. I told her we could go tomorrow, and the sadness on her face was like a cut straight to the heart. Her daddy, despite having a very long day on call at work, scooped her up, buckled her in her car seat, and off the three of us went to the park. We didn't have much time, as we had gotten there at dusk, but we made the most of it, pushing her on the swings, encouraging her climb on the rock wall, cheering on her ride on the pretend tractors. But she kept exploring, and as Hubs and I stood there talking about what we needed to do this weekend, my precious princess started singing...to the fireflies. To her delight, they lit up when she sang. I loved that moment. My Baby's utter happiness and delight simple fireflies...my husband and me going about the mundane planning of our day-to-day life. It was all just. ..perfect. I want to live in that little moment and feel that exquisite perfection forever. God has blessed me so much now....it is almost incomprehensible that heaven will be better.