i had a "pinch me" moment in the car today.
we were driving along, somewhere between pennsylvania and new york...and i could feel "the hum". that is the best way that i know how to describe it. we are a family that hums. no -not like humming a tune kind of hum (we do that too), but more like our physical beings..and the air around us, hums. it does. it's a delightful little hum and i can feel it. weird right? my house even hums. i attribute "the hum" to all the little bodies that live with me. they fidget so. and they chatter alot. and they giggle even more. and when you mix all those noises, and the fidgeting, and the heartbeats and the love together -we hum.
back to the story: so as i was feeling the hum, a thought crept into my head... "this won't be around forever" it said, and "20 years from now, you'll be lying in your bed listening, feeling, and your house won't be humming anymore."
wait. what? you mean to tell me that all i eat, sleep, and breathe (aka children) won't be around forever? we won't be the family that hums? my house won't hum?
whoa. no way.
and then, allbedarned if i didn't start feeling the dreaded lump in my throat, and my eyes starting to sting. and then my heart melted. it just flat out melted. families CAN be together forever -duh, coty. and i get to be a part of this. this is me. i am the mother of a humming family ;) it is true that the kids won't be little forever, and my house won't hum nearly as loudly with all their busy little bodies gone out into the great big world, but we will always, always be a family, together forever -sweeet.
thanks be to my Father in Heaven for giving me a humming family, and allowing me those "pinch me" moments when i realize how great it is to be Mother. poop and all (i just had to add that. because around here nearly every catastrophe involves excrement. gross. but true.) i'm thankful for the Gospel and for the Knowledge that i have of the eternal family unit.
and now i've got to hit the hay, because me and my humming family have church in the morning.
good night.
ps you should try and see if you can feel your family humming too. it's neat i tell ya.
14 comments:
thank you! i needed to hear this!
i love that. i've always loved the 'noise' created by a family altogether living under one roof, but i never thought of it like that. a hum. it's perfect.
Love that post. My eyes are stinging too!!!
Thanks for the reminder and I love how you describe your family's "hum."
thanks for sharing your thoughts...its such a neat way to describe the sounds of a family. You are right the "hum" does change, but then it circle around again with new little ones coming in the form of grandkids. Enjoy your blog.
Aww, Coty...this post put a lump in my throat. I have been there...thinking how fast my girls are growing up, and the thought of them leaving, and being alone...thanks for the reminder that FAMILIES ARE FOREVER!
eloquently put Coty!Couldn't have said it better myself! Now my hum is Samuel and Lillian.
the humming is very real. it is present whenever you are around anything which has a spirit. It is the sound of "energy". It's very real. Neat that you can hear it.
You make me smile!
mmmm, I loved this post. What a great reminder. Thanks, seriously.
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Oh I got all teared up reading your post, you're such a great mom and you have the sweetest testimony, thanks so much for sharing it, you filled my cup today!
*hugs*
Beautifully expressed, Coty. Somehow the baby and toddler years in our home have slipped by and I miss them sometimes. It's so important to remember to appreciate the moment we're living in NOW. For myself, I realized the other day that THESE are the days! No all-nighters anymore, but no too-independent teenagers yet. I ought to embrace this in-between time because it, too is beginning to slip between my fingers. And yes, the eternal reward is that we get to do this (all of it - all the good, precious parts) forever! Hooray! Nothing to mourn.
By the way, we don't "hum", we ROCK! :)
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