A day in Monterey

You know those moments? The ones where you squeeze tight and hold on, hoping to remember forever? I was having a few of those today. Having a lunch picnic with my boys. Watching Caleb say hi to the ducks and swans and then as soon as they got too close, he would hold up both his hands to try and fend them off. Riding along the bike path, breathing in the sweet sea air, feeling the mist, and breathing deeply. Taking a break by the water, dipping our toes in the cold ocean waves, holding my husband's hand in my own, kissing my little boy's cheeks. Breathing in the scent and feel of my family. Having a heart squeeze. The past two weeks that held worry and sickness and just the daily to do slipped far from my mind, the worries that I too often carry fell away. The trying to get everything packed and loaded and unpacked and the drive to and from and everything in between....it didn't matter. In those little moments of the day, I paused, and I smiled, and I wrapped it around my heart. To hold for awhile.

A much needed day with my family :)