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These are the moments no camera will ever capture
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I lead a pretty busy and full life.
As someone with both a demanding job and a strong sense of purpose,this is both by choice and by nature. Loving and caring for my family anchors me, and keeps me from disappearing into the stratosphere. Having a family makes me pause, because I am connected more viscerally and more immediately to these other beings that I love madly and deeply.
In that pause, I was reflecting on my favorite things about being a husband and a father the other day. The conclusion I came to, right now, is that my favorite things in the whole wide world are two very small moments in our home’s daily schedule.
The first is the kiss I get from my wife when I walk through the door. Her kiss still electrifies me. I can feel the warmth of her soul as our lips touch. People sometimes think I am a word person. But at my core, I’m a touch person. So this moment of touch with this woman I have chosen to travel the rest of my journey with means so much more to me than any words we could say to each other. After a long, tough day that we both spend helping everyone else’s kids – this moment where our lips meet stops it all for just a moment.
All is right in the world. I am a husband and she is a wife. That is all we are in that moment.
My other favorite thing is a moment that occurs at the end of each day with my daughter. Most every night, my wife gives our daughter a bath and I put her to bed. At bedtime I give her a small cup of milk to drink. She requests each time that I sit on the floor so that she can hug me while I drink it. She wraps her arms around my neck and nuzzles her face against mine while she drinks her milk.
All is right in the world. I am a father and she is a daughter. That is all we are in that moment.
This moment is so pure that I can feel the full power of our universally ordained, sacred bond as parent and child. I can tell she feels safe in my arms. You know what? I feel safe in hers. I feel like we are in a bubble that no one can touch. It doesn’t matter if we have had a tough day. It doesn’t matter if she lost her temper earlier. All that matters is her and I in that space and time.
While I have shared above a picture of my family and I, there will never be pictures of these two moments. They belong to us alone. These are my two favorite things about my life as a husband and Dad.
Why did I publish this? Because I hope that you will share yours with me. I hope that as we know each other more truly, and as we share beyond what we “do” – we will be reminded of the true beauty of the human experience.
What are your two favorite moments with your family?
Originally posted on MoveTheory
Photo: Joi Pearson Photography
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