FREEZE!

last night was one of those nights. livie, mady & ben laying on our bed just hanging out talking about all kinds of random stuff-"did you know that ____'s related to ___?", "why does my hair do this when it's raining?", "do you think the yankees will make the play-offs this year?", "can you wait 'til you go on our class trip with us to statue of liberty? you'll probably bring your really telephoto lens, huh?" (no response from me because NO! i DON'T want to go there again...we go there EVERYTIME someone comes into town or wants a tour-i love the company and i always have a good time, but if i see another close-up of what's in miss liberty's hand i think i'm going to jump off the island!), "you're probably going to want to lay on the ground and take my class in front of the statue looking up, right?" (oh boy, gotta quit doing stuff like that-they think it's normal ;\!!)...and on and on. but, i wouldn't give it up for anything (don't even TRY to tempt me with dark chocolate because i WON'T...-?...!!!!!). sometimes i picture shelves of all bottles lined up with memories and i can just take one at a time off the shelf and re-live it. sometimes it's accurate and sometimes (more than ever) it's not exactly how it happened, but i smile. and, i treasure these things in my heart.

i do wish i could freeze these moments, but then i realize that if i froze them way back when i started wanting too, i never would have gone forward and had so many more 'freeze!' moments. so, for now, i'm enjoying each day.