Quiet Time

Sometimes, when the princess is napping, I get a little bit of quiet time to myself. I enjoy it. I may not do much of anything, but I think that's ok. I just bathe myself in the silence and lack of activity.

It seems that we're always on the go these days. It's a long commute during the week to work/babysitter. And every other weekend she spends with her bio dad. Although I treasure every second of our crazy lives, and I would never trade in any moment that I have with her (the good, bad, or screaming), it's moments like these when I enjoy a bit of quiet reflection.

Sometimes I think about where I've been. Sometimes I look at what the future holds. I am trying to learn the joy of just concentrating on the moment, though. It seems that so often we are all so caught up in the past or in what happens next that we forget to enjoy the here and now. I need to get better about that, because I don't want life to pass me by.

So for today, in whatever short amount of time I have left before she wakes from her nap and we're on to the next thing, I'm going to sit here and just enjoy NOW. I'm not going to think about what we have to do when she wakes up. I'm just going to be present right here, right now, and be thankful for everything that exists in this moment.