Tonight i was reminded by just how hard it is to slow down, stop moving too fast, try to make the morning last... well, you get the point.
While i was bathing the girls tonight, i was in a rush, or wanted to be. I wanted to get them in and out, a feat that has never yet been overcome in this household. I wanted them to get scrubbed and rinsed without moving (yeah, right!) Instead, they started the entire bath off with a game that i normally can't stand. M takes water into her mouth from the running faucet, then spits it in a stream at the baby. The baby laughs hysterically, so M repeats. Tonight, despite my initial intentions, one tone of the baby's laugh, and one shimmer of M's smile was all i needed to bring me straight back down to the reality of the moment. The moment that i needed to slow down to enjoy. The moment that ended up being the highlight of my day. Watching these two girls interact, more and more independently every day, melts my heart and has my soul singing! And it took a spit-upon baby to make me remember something essential- that in less than a blink, these girls will go through a million revolutions of growth until they end up teenagers, then adults, then... enough.
So, i slowed down. we took an hour in the bathtub, which is pretty right on par for us. the girls had a wonderful time, enjoying every second. as did i. slowly.
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