This morning I sat at the counter next to my daughter--her hair all disheveled in her pink penguin jammies--and just soaked it all in. I had made her the new favorite in our house: an egg on toast. Brian taught them the unusual combination--toast with peanut butter and jelly, an over-easy egg, ketchup and just a drop of hot sauce. Don't be too quick to judge--you should try it before you knock it. It really is good!
But as I sat and watched her gobble up her egg on toast, it occurred to me that we won't have too many more weekday mornings left. My little girl is not so little any more and next year she will be in kindergarten for a half day every morning. That means no more breakfast conversations just the two of us after her brothers have been whisked away by the bus. Oh, how I will miss our mornings together!
I've been challenged several times over the last week to be PRESENT--to be where my feet are. Today was another good reminder. So I hope to encourage you, dear reader, to be where you are today. Take time away from the phone or whatever list is calling your name and just be where you are. Soak it up. Hot sauce and all.