Do you ever try to mark moments in your memory? You know how it is said that your life flashes before your eyes before you die? Sometime I find a moment in time that I really want to remember, so I try to absorb it thoroughly. I make note in my head of every detail and try to be in the moment. I hope that these are the moments I see when my time comes.
One of my most memorable and recent moments I tried to absorb with every ounce of my soul, came the night Everest was born. The midwives had left, everyone else was asleep, everything was calm. I was achy, exhilarated, and exhausted. I crawled into bed, and it happened then.
Our bedroom was perfectly cool, the covers light and fluffy, the bed was the most comfortable it has ever felt. I sunk down into the soft, cool mattress. It felt as good as a full body massage to just lay in the perfect, cool, softness. It felt like every tense muscle exhaled. I have never been more comfortable in my whole life. Next to me, asleep, was my husband, my 3 1/2 year old son and my newborn baby on the day of his birth. Perfect silence, except for the long, slow sound of my three loves breathing. Their breaths where on a slightly different pattern, so I could hear each of them individually. It was the most beautiful sound I have ever heard. It paired perfectly with the cool comfort of the room. The word that kept floating through my head was 'absorb', it surfaced over and over again as I tried to take in every detail, in the dark, in the perfect coolness, in absolute comfort, in a chorus of perfect rhythmic breath, in deep, deep gratitude for the moment. I think it was the most perfect moment of my life and I hope I never forget it.
Do you ever mark moments? Absorb every sensation of it and live 100% conscious in that very second? It really is a beautiful thing:)
Thanks for reading, I just wanted to share, that moment has been on my mind a lot lately.
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