Capturing Moments

I LOVE when I log into my Facebook account to find a Timeline Hop memory of my girls. Or when I open the “Pictures” storage bin in the garage to sort through the ages of our family. As far as I am concerned, the older the picture, the sweeter it is. My heart typically wants to burst with love and laughter for my little girls who have grown so much.

This happened this morning. A picture memory brought back to life my second daughter as a toddler, with round pink cheeks, a large bow in her hair, and a mismatch outfit. Her smile was beaming as she rode the carrousel. With all the joy I felt staring back at my sweet girl from the past, the swell in my heart moved me to fall deeper in love with my family, if that is even possible.

I realized these pictures are an investment in the relational health of my family. The return on my investment is timeless. Every time I look back on them, my heart is full. No matter how discouraged or tired I feel, I can look at a picture and time travel into joy.

But while I am fairly good at capturing these moments of my children, I haven’t been great at capturing moments of my husband and our marriage. I want to recall the numerous ways he has filled my heart in the past and invest in remembering these treasures in the future. I want to document the sweet words he tells me, or the moments when we are in tears of laughter, or pull out my iPhone camera to snag a picture when he just looks so good. Isn’t that what we do for our kids? In the mix of life, whether parenting, or work, I must care for my marriage too. The “reality” (tribute to Danny) is my marriage relationship can WILL strengthen my children, the workplace, and the community… OR it will NOT.

So, in an effort to cherish and invest in my marriage more, I commit to document the ways Danny touches my heart:

  • I will JOURNAL moments of ANY size that strike me with his love and intentional efforts toward me.
  • I will take a PICTURE when I view him through the eyes of a smitten girlfriend. Or when I watch him play, laugh, teach, love our children.
  • I will SPEAK words of appreciation, affirmation, and love to him so he can remind me one day how that captured a moment in time IN HIS HEART as well.

I want, and need, to make this investment in my marriage. I know it will provide a full return in the years to come.

-Anna

 

 

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