Mental Pictures

I don't really have a camera any more.  So I have been taking a lot of mental pictures lately.
The kind where you don't have to shoot and snap.
Just stare, gaze and ponder.

Making a mental picture is easy if you have the right scenery.

Three or so weeks ago I was snapping left and right.

Taking a lasting picture of my daughter staring lovingly into her newborn's eyes. (priceless)

A little tiny creature making unreal loud grunting sounds as he wakes up. (lasted long enough for several shots)

A new family pushing a new stroller down a road and hearing the loud obnoxious birds greet us.

Peeking into the stroller and seeing an angel ~ sleeping.

Oh yes, and I can't forget the mental picture of David laying on top of grandpa's chest for a few ZZZZ's.

I could go on and on.  I don't want to forget one second of my trip to South Africa to meet my grandson David.  My heart felt like it was mush.  All I wanted to do was hug him close and tell him he was gorgeous and perfect.   I smelled his hair and closed my eyes to remember.  I watched his little fingers spread wide open.  I watched his little toes curl.  WE WERE GONERS.   Three weeks flew by in no time at all.  I didn't even think about home or miss it.  This was home.  This is where LIFE happens.

Watching my daughter completely transform into a loving mom right before my eyes was truly amazing.
Who taught her this?   Mostly instinct I think, because although she was new at it, she was a natural.
She just loved him and fed him and held him and watched him.  Her life being changed ..... in a good way.

Mom's are the most self-less people in the world, and we do it without thinking ~ because we are now taking care of God's newest creation that really really really just  needs LOVE.