A great friend of mine is on a ski trip with her family in Utah right now. She has a three-year-old daughter and a one-year-old daughter. They are sweet and precious and wonderful but they are three years old and one year old. And they are inquisitive, talkative, messy...you get the picture. Their dad works odd hours and their momma is FRIED. She is a wonderful mother. She loves her children. But lately, there may have possibly been a couple of times where she felt a bit like her head was going to explode.
And packing and preparing two little girls for a ski trip and flying on a three hour plane ride with them does not help with the whole head exploding thing. They made it to Utah in one piece and yesterday took their 3-year-old daughter to ride inner tubes down a hill. My friends husband was filming their daughter as she was tubing for the first time. She looked so happy. She was smiling wide and giggling and at one point spread her arms out, leaned her head back and closed her eyes. Her hair was flapping in the wind and there is no doubt that child was having a wonderful time.
But the piece of the video that really got to my heart was the two seconds when dad panned and caught a glimpse of my friends face watching her daughter. My friend was having a wonderful time, just like her daughter but hers was different. I froze the video on the frame of a loving mother smiling adoringly as her daughter experiences pure bliss. I stared at that frozen frame for a long time. I imagined that she was thinking how amazing her daughter is and how the time is flying by. I imagined she was thinking about how happy it made her to see her daughter so happy. I imagined she was thinking about what a miracle it is that she and her husband created this amazing child and how she could never imagine her life without that sweet girl.
As mothers, there are ten million things a day that make us grumpy, tired, frustrated and worn out. Many times these sweet moments fly right past us without our even noticing. It is nice to catch one and see the beauty of a mothers face showing pure love.
Or...maybe she wasn't thinking any of that. Maybe she was just a little drunk and smirking. I mean, she is on "vacation" with a one year old and a three year old after all!!!!;)
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