Wednesday, December 12, 2007

loved this quote I read.

"...the biggest mistake I made is the one that most of us make...I did not live in the moment enough. This is particularly clear now that the moment is gone, captured only in photographs. There is one picture of the three of [my children] sitting in the grass on a quilt in the shadow of the swing set on a summer day, ages 6, 4 and 1. And I wish I could remember what we ate, and what we talked about, and how they sounded, and how they looked when they slept that night. I wish I had not been in such a hurry to get on to the next thing: dinner, bath, book, bed. I wish I had treasured the doing a little more and the getting it done a little less."

4 comments:

Leslie said...

thank you for this quote. i wish i had had this perspective BEFORE aaron passed away. i miss him so much... i especially miss the things we WOULD have done together.
love you guys.

Marilee said...

Such a great quote Erin! Definintely something I need to do better at! Happy New Year!

Brecken said...

love this quote. Thanks for putting it up......once again, you are so wise! What book was it from? Brecken

Brecken said...

Ok, you still only have Marilee on your blog...what up?! wattersonfamilyblog.blogspot.com. Brecken