When I snapped this moment at the ridiculously early hour of 5am, I intended to write up a short post about how day light savings is playing havoc with Finn and Harper’s sleeping. Making the impossible possible; making our difficult sleepers, well, even more difficult. Then an hour or so later we received a call to say that Lachie’s much loved Nana had passed away overnight. What seemed important to me one hour ago, what I felt warranted a bit of a whinge, now didn’t seem to matter.
Throughout this sad day, this moment reinforced why I am completing this project. Things change. Circumstances shift and lives can be altered within the short space of a week or even as today highlighted, within a day.
I am dedicated to seeing this commitment through. To look back apon 366 days and see the small stuff, the routines that seem so ordinary while you are walking through them day by day, and recognise that it really was big stuff after all. These moments, these days changed me, changed us. Four months in I can already see this loud and clear.
Thoughts are with you all xx
ReplyDeleteThanks Angie <3. xx
DeleteIm so sorry for your loss Amber :( So true that those little moments (still valid - 5am - ouch!!) can change in a moment when those bigger things happen. A sad day and a sad loss... making it all the more special to cherish your sweet family and treasure them daily as you do xx
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry to hear of your loss Amber. This project is a wonderful cronicle of the myriad of experiences we face each year and it's beautiful watching your family embrace each one of them. Happy or sad it's important to reflect and remember what keeps us going. Much love, Alissa xo
ReplyDeleteThank you Alissa for your thoughts & beautiful words. Love, A xx
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