Last week I attended a bridal shower for a friend and one of the ladies, Tonya, shared a few words of wisdom with the bride-to-be and the rest of the ladies and young ladies in attendance. The heart of her message was the importance of cherishing the moments that you have now – in whatever stage of life you are – and not becoming discontent because of the anticipation of future moments. This is such an important truth for all of us to embrace!
Toward the end of her time of sharing, Tonya reflected on why we take pictures. It’s because we want to capture the moment. That exact moment will never be repeated again, so a picture is a small way of capturing and preserving the moments of our lives that we want to remember. In many ways, I feel the same about writing and journaling. That was part of the impetus behind writing my book, Pajama School, and that is part of the reason why I keep a calendar and journal. One of my biggest hesitations in going digital with my calendar and daily agenda this year is that I won’t have that paper copy for future reference. I’m not much of a trinket person, but I do tend to be sentimental about things like this for some reason…
Anyway, Tonya’s message inspired me to start a [hopefully] weekly feature here on the Pajama School Blog to “Capture the Moment.” My plan is to take a day at the end of the week to encapsulate some of the memorable things that happened during the week – both in words and pictures. I really don’t like the “Dear Diary, today I ate eggs for breakfast…” variety of blogging, so I can assure you this will not become a public forum for the overflow of all of my thoughts and daily activities, but I’m not quite sure what it will look like from week to week. I’m also hoping to be more consistent in getting up other posts during the week (not that that would take much!). I would welcome any suggestions or input that you have on what you’d like to see here on the blog.