Recently, one of my
dear old friends wrote me some beautiful
words worth sharing: " we may lose
ourselves in our pain, but we find ourselves in our strength. It's the dance of
life and the music never stops". These words resonate strongly with me.
Life is hard, but even in the darkest of times there is light and there is
music. You just have to open your heart
and listen.
So while my days of clubbing and
2 am pizza with my girls may be long gone, I still got some moves. They just
mostly involve throwing my 1 yr old and 3 yr old in the air with my husband in
our weekly dance parties. Sam may not walk yet, but he sure loves to dance. No matter how bad our day was, we let the music
heal our wounds and wash away our worry. For those 5 minutes, we get lost in
the present, forgetting the past and the future. For those 5 minutes, we smile
until our cheeks burn. For those 5
minutes we let our boys laughter fill
our hearts, until they almost burst with
happiness and gratitude for all that we have.
I don't have to tell you that
being a parent is hard and at times you may not even recognize your life or the
person you have become; so take the time
every day as a family to lose yourselves
in a moment and remember that it's the
little things in life that matter.