Seize the moment !

Last night the kids and I went to kingston to meet Tim at his break for a work conference.  We had to wait in the parking lot for about ten minutes and the boys asked if they could jump and climb the snow piles.  They ask this....often....! Usually it's not really a good idea beacause of where the parking lot is, the amount of cars and traffic...or we aren't staying long enough and aren't just going to leave them out there while we get what we came for! However, last night, there was time!

 So they went, 

they climbed, 

they jumped,

 they laughed!

I was watching them, smiling, and really just appreciating the moment that we had, the freedom that we have, the good health, the close relationships we have.  Just counting my blessings.  Then I thought, this would probably be even MORE enjoyable if I went out there too! So I did! I didn't..jump....per se.. But I climbed, I laughed, and seized the moment with my boys.  

As Ecclesiastes 3 says, there is a time for everything. This time I have now, I need to make best use of, to enjoy my kids, to grow, to learn, to laugh, to cry, but to really BE with them.

A Time for Everything

3 There is a time for everything,
    and a season for every activity under the heavens:

2     a time to be born and a time to die,
    a time to plant and a time to uproot,
3     a time to kill and a time to heal,
    a time to tear down and a time to build,
4     a time to weep and a time to laugh,
    a time to mourn and a time to dance,
5     a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
    a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
6     a time to search and a time to give up,
    a time to keep and a time to throw away,
7     a time to tear and a time to mend,
    a time to be silent and a time to speak,
8     a time to love and a time to hate,
    a time for war and a time for peace.