On calm days and chaotic ones too

I drove home through pouring rain today, with the car heater blasting warm air past my face to the two babies snoozing in the backseats, and I got thinking about what was happening in this moment I was living.

That very one moment. That exact time {on a dreary rainy Friday morning}. In that exact space {the car}.

And I realised it’s never just one moment, but stringed together moments of captured emotions, words said and thought, sights and sounds that are recalled...  

There was the winter-style day consuming the sky and filling it with dark sullen clouds. The constant sound of rain pounding the windscreen and wind whooshing past. {And as I let myself see the cold that was outside, I began to feel grateful for the warmth inside}. 

And then I glanced from the road to the beach: a blend of grey-green sea water and crashing waves rushing at the shore. And black birds skimming the white tips of the waves, hovering there before flying higher then dipping down as the next wave approached, as if it was some game. {And I felt grateful to live near the beach, and to witness the ways of the water on clear blue-sky days and dark cloudy ones too}. 

Around the corner from home, I got thinking about walking through the door knowing my husband would be there, and we’d have time to sit down for coffee, just the two of us. {And when we did, I felt grateful for him, and grateful for time together without interruptions – I wish I hadn’t got up so fast.} 

Finally at home, I looked at the two blissful sleeping babies in the car and I whispered I love yous I knew they wouldn’t hear. As I cradled their sleeping bodies and placed them into bed, I soaked up their warmth and baby scents. {And I felt an immense gratitude for the two little people I love so much}. 

And it was in those moments that I realised gratitude surrounds me on calm days and chaotic ones too.

Elisa xx

{Linking with loads more gratitude over at Kidspot’s 52 Weeks of Grateful}

What are you grateful for this week?