Gratitude: In the Moment

Tonight as I sit down to write my gratitude post for the week, I am eating chocolate soy ice cream with chocolate chips and am listening to my husband give my daughter a bath.  We just finished creating spider and pumpkin paintings from Annabelle’s hand prints.  Over the weekend, we also carved pumpkins, planned out projects for the winter, and tended to chores that needed attention.  And this morning, I finished my fourth race of the year in our county’s 15th annual Goblin Gallop.  I almost cannot believe that we managed to do so much during our weekend and that as we completed our tasks, we spent quality and unrushed time together as a family.    I suppose what I am experiencing is abundance; moments that are in and of themselves complete and full because I am there fully experiencing them.

One of my favorite moments from my week happened an evening ago in the bath tub with my daughter; she is beginning to put multiple words together to say sentences and sing songs.  She has many favorite children’s songs, so I taught her the “5 Little Pumpkins” song for Halloween, which I have included below.  Each time we finish singing, she holds up her pointer finger and says, “Again,” or “One time, ok?” which is something that she has listened to me say at bedtime, after I have finished reading her the same book over and over again.   So today, I am grateful for my daughter and October and for being able to totally experience them both each and every moment.

Five little pumpkins
Sitting on a gate
The first one said,
“Oh, my, it’s getting late!”
The second one said,
“There are witches in the air!”
The third one said,
“But we don’t care!”
The fourth one said,
“Let’s run and run and run!”
The fifth one said,
“I’m ready for some fun!”
OOOOOOOH, went the wind
And OUT went the light (clap on “out”)
And the five little pumpkins
Rolled out of sight.