Sunday, August 22, 2010

Moments in time...

I have a personal goal for capturing personal moments in time that I hold dearly to myself that I am able to recall and thank that I can feel them at any given moment.
Sounds a bit philosophical, but let me explain. I was recently in Yallingup celebrating my wife's cousins 50th birthday with a lunch at Lancers, having travelled down with my son, his wife and my grandson, Hamish.
On Sunday morning, Hamey had just been fed, bathed and was a little unhappy with life...crying for reasons that no adult can understand, but looking for something. I took him off his parents and went outside from the beach front chalet we were staying in and stood watching the ocean. Just me and my grandson.
The wind was blowing, cool, but not cold. The sun was up and warming his back. The sound of the sea one can listen to forever. And then I started to speak to him. Just a comforting grandfather speaking to his grandson and within an instant he had not only settled, but was looking over my shoulder at the ocean, watching a seagull and for a short period of time, we were connected in no other way that anyone can describe.
For that special moment in time, we bonded. We looked at each other, a smile came onto his lips, I smiled back, and it was done, moment captured to last the rest of my life.

The smile, however, was a front for Hamish throwing up on my jumper... but it was my moment only shared by us.
Then out of the blue we..., I like that, 'we' saw a whale swim past with her calf about 200 metres offshore. Both coming up for a breath simultaneously, and I felt connected to nature. Perhaps it also was a grandfather looking after his grandson! who knows, but it was my special moment in time.
I have many special moments in time and can recall them all.
Whats yours!

1 comment:

  1. This is precious :)
    Besides the vomit...
    Very special moment!

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