Those precious moments
It has been a momentous week in many ways; the UK voted to leave the EU, England got knocked out of Euro 2016 by Iceland, etc. But, for me, the last seven days have given me a great taste of what’s to come.
I feel, already, like a great weight has been lifted off my shoulders and I feel a sense of peace and calm that has been absent for a very long time. My decision to take some time off work coincided with all of the kids’ end of year school festivities and I feel so lucky to have been able to participate in a way I would not have been able to, had I not already started winding down at work.
It is a pretty funny experience to be largely absent all year from community life and then drop in at the end of the year but most of the parents and teachers have been very welcoming and gracious. In just the last week I was able to attend D’s classroom culmination, as well as both D and J’s family picnics…events that in my usual life, I never would have been able to attend. I was so happy to be able to stay in D’s classroom until 10am watching him play with the class worms (yes!!) and not feel stressed and rushed to get to the office.
Even more than being physically present, I suddenly feel like I have more mental capacity and bandwidth to listen to the boys and really hear what’s going on with them. Instead of tearing out of bed at 5:15am every morning, I have had the pleasure of cuddling with them in bed and looking at cute animal photos on the National Geographic website. Instead of piling more artwork on top of the mountain of existing “creations” that have come home from their school, I have actually had the time to enjoy looking at what they have done.
What a great pleasure to be able to enjoy the precious moments.
She goes flying... 