A couple of summers ago, my kids and I spent a day together just being tourists in and around our new “hometown.” We had the best day ever visiting a wildlife preserve, enjoying the beauty of Hood Canal and ending the day in Port Townsend (Washington).
On the way back to the car at the end of the day, my three kids walked hand in hand down the side walk in front of me. Well, my girls walked. My son tends to hop or leap in the air. It was a rather ordinary sort of moment, but I have to tell you — I got completely choked up seeing them all together like that.
Seizing the opportunity, I grabbed my camera and snapped this photo. My girls are grown (one is married and has already graduated from college and the other is already half way through with her interior design major in college) and my son is still in grade school. These moments with all three kids just walking along, hand in hand, having fun together are becoming more and more rare. Now I’m getting all teary again {reaches for tissue}.
It was a beautiful day, made even more special by this one moment. One moment, frozen in time — through both the image from my camera and the tender place in my heart where I have hidden the memory of this day. I have so many of those snapshot moments in my memory, I wouldn’t trade them for the world. I let them sink in deep and replay them often.
I’m grateful for those little moments to be so aware of the blessings I have right in front of me!
What are your most treasured snapshot memories in life? Don’t forget- you can share them with the #incourage Instagram pool!
Melissa, The Inspired Room
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