He was teaching them how to play baseball. How to hold up your back elbow and lean into your back foot when batting. To make sure you touch the bases when running 'round them. To keep your eye on the ball. Definitions of "strike," "ball," and "home run."
And then he broke into the delightfully off-key lyrics of Sweet Caroline.
The three were laughing and learning and running and playing, and I joined them.
I got in there and played catcher for awhile. And I realized this was a perfect moment, full of presence and promise and potential.
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Leave a comment this week with a link to your Perfect Moment, or the Moment itself. I'll move up to the body of this post as the week goes by.
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Click here for previous collections of Perfect Moments. Now. What Perfect Moment have you recently been aware of?
1. Frenchie is touched by events near and far.
2. Kyle, age 10, counts down the number of elections before he can vote (2 more). AND he gets a speaking solo in a church play.
3. Melissa takes inventory (8 cans o' beans and 10 Rice-a-Ronis) and feels great satisfaction when she looks in her newly-organized pantry.
4. Lollipop and her twins watch their first movie in its (almost) entirety.
5. Michelle gets a small gift that is a HUGE testament of love.
6. Cara might be having the same thoughts Mr Osmond or Mr Jackson did many years ago.
7. Delenn is both the explorer and the exploree.
8. L observes the moments between sleep and wakefulness.
9. Kami's moment happens in the outdoors with two companions.
10. Stacie takes her giraffes to the zoo.
11.Yours?
6 comments:
I LOVE your Perfect Moment!
My PM is not nearly as amazing. It does show how truly low maintenance I am.
I can picture that scene--the kids learning how to play ball.
I just put up mine: http://stirrup-queens.blogspot.com/2008/11/perfect-moment-monday.html.
I love that!
Here is mine...
http://tobabyandbeyond.blogspot.com/2008/11/perfect-moment-monday.html
Awww- baseball and singing? (one of my favorite songs I might add!)
Funny enough - my perfect moment involves belting out a tune as well! Click over and prepare to smile as you watch the video!
http://thebearandthecomedian.blogspot.com/2008/11/next-andrew-sisters.html
I love this concept--especially since I feel like most of the time that is what I am trying to preserve on my blog. Here's mine:
http://polantworld.blogspot.com/2008/11/perfect-moment-monday.html
Thank you.
Better late than never . . .LB and I enjoyed a walk in the rain.
http://infertilityadventure.blogspot.com/2008/11/perfect-moment-monday.html
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