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I didn't take my laptop on my last trip - a six-day visit to Phoenix - which might not seem like a big deal except I don't own an iphone. Our only phone is a flip phone with no internet access, and being Canadian, it doesn't work in the States. So for six days I was screen-free. Hands-free. Eyes lifted at all times - all five senses tuned in to the world around me.
And do you know what I saw?
A world that wasn't seeing.
When I got married just over eight years ago, I thought I was close to perfect. In fact, shortly after the wedding, I questioned who it was I had married. I thought I knew my husband well, but when conflict rose up, I could only assume it was because of him.
Because I was close to perfect.
I knew I had room to improve in some areas, however, I could not comprehend the ways I was contributing to the conflict.
It must have been all his fault!
Sunday night my husband set up his laptop in the living room, and we did the scary work of filling out on-line forms and paying $300, to enroll our son at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in central Texas.
Of course, my men turn every activity into stand-up comedy.
When we got to the medical information, my husband asked, "Do you have any bladder problems?"
"Only in AP English," said my son.
The holidays have ended for most of us. Garlands bundled into boxes, red lids snapped down tight and relegated back to their usual spots in the garage. Children have returned to their schoolwork, the last of the sugar cookies sent to the circular file, and many of us mamas are staring down our usual to-do lists, full of instructions to declutter and vacuum, wash and fold.
And I’m left wondering … Could these normal days be holy-days, too?
My daughter just received two Grammy nominations. I'm as thrilled as any mother would be, but honestly, I'm not surprised at all. I'm not surprised because from the time she was little I knew my daughter was on this earth for a reason and with a divine purpose. She was here, not randomly or by chance, but to change the world.
Your child is here to change the world too!
I wish you could have laid down next to him as he fell asleep last night. He was smiling at me until his mouth was too tired. His eyes looked into mine, opening and closing slowly until he gave into a world of sweet dreams. I loved that moment with him. I thought about how awful it would be if I didn't have him in my life…and then I thought of you. I thought about how I would give you this moment if you would take it.
