Family

Yesterday I sat on the couch watching some meaningless show on TV. It had been a normal day of eating, sleeping, and pooping. I was tired and then my world just changed. Mara came up to me and just put her little hand on my knee. I look down and she beams up at me. For no reason. So we sat there smiling at each other. It was beautiful. There really aren't words for what it meant to me. It was like that time when she was just a baby. So small, so sweet but then to my surprise she reached up and stroked my cheek with her little hand. Again, there aren't words for what that meant to me. I've often heard mothers say that their reward is found in those tiny moments. And while those moments are in fact tiny in time they are larger, more influential, and more rewarding than any other moment I have ever felt. No one tells you what the pay back is like. I thought it would be so small. But it isn't. It's great. So great.

That was a very sentimental lead into this beautiful family's sneak peek. But the whole point of it was that I can see that - that feeling of sincere happiness and reward that Mara gave me in those two moments on the faces of these dear parents. It is beautiful and expresses the most beautiful thing life has to offer - family.