Being present...

The past week has been a crazy busy week, and I have felt every emotion possible.  It started on Mother's Day with a phone call that we lost a close family friend. This was graduation week for my baby girl, and as you can imagine - we had a million things going on.  Then, I had a "mommy moment" (I refuse to say meltdown) - when it hit me that our soldier would be missing his little sister's graduation.  I was an emotional mess! As the week progressed, we got through one event at a time. After stressing over the weather all week (which I know I can't control), Saturday was here and it was time for the princess' graduation party. And...I wanted everything to be perfect!

After a small army of family and friends (who I cannot thank enough) helped me finish decorating and getting everything ready - I had time to breathe (just for a minute) before more friends and family started arriving to celebrate my girl! Now, anyone who knows me KNOWS that I tend to take way too many photos and document way too much! In my defense...I want to remember every moment and capture everything so we can look back one day. But, sometimes in the midst of doing that - I tend to forget to enjoy the moment and truly be present because I end up stressing about capturing the moment. It can be complete craziness!  On Saturday however, I did not take one picture during her graduation party.  I talked and laughed with family and friends, I watched my sweet girl soak up every minute and love on the people that mean the most to her. I watched our loved ones love on her and I watched her LAUGH and act silly with her friends!  I was actually PRESENT...enjoying every minute of it!  And y'all... when we got finished we realized out of all the pictures that other people took - we did not have one photo of us together and of our family.  No, we don't have a picture to document that we were together celebrating, but we do have memories of that perfect afternoon!