Don’t Miss The Moment

For most of us in the northeast, this week marks the end of summer and the beginning of the new school year.

As we waited for the bus with Matthew on this beautiful morning, we talked, laughed, and reminisced about the amazing summer we had and the time we spent together. In fact, it was the first year that we almost forgot to get a picture of him waiting outside. You see we were so immersed in this precious moment in our lives, a moment when Matthew is still home with us and beginning 7th grade. (Our daughter Megan is a sophomore at college) His energy, excitement and optimism for what lies ahead was inspiring, intoxicating and down right incredible. Suddenly I realized the bus was about to come and said to my wife “Let’s make sure we get a picture”.

It was in that moment that I realized that the “real moment” had already been captured. Not digitally, but emotionally in our hearts, in our minds and in our souls…forever. How many times had I taken the picture each year of him, only to have missed the moment. In the craziness of our lives and “capturing” everything in social media, we may succeed in capturing the picture, but we may miss what really matters…living in the moment.