Of course, only my favorites make it to social media. (You’d really be surprised if you knew how many photos actually live in my cloud.) I post them to share with grandparents and aunts and uncles and cousins, the majority of whom live states away. I share them to save myself from sending 8 group texts with funny pics or videos. I share them to make other people laugh or smile. I share them because I can feel this stage of life fleeting faster than I can grab ahold of it and it’s just another way of capturing and holding onto a moment in time.
So the next time you scroll past my smiling or crying or swimming or zooing or sleeping or playing child and assume I spent the whole day trying to capture pictures, please remember I probably spent 47 seconds capturing a few moments to remind myself at the end of each day, that even in the midst of all this whining and nagging and fit-throwing, there is joy.
Love,
Megan
Wife, Mom, Writer, Super Enjoyer of Kids
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Originally published at Please Bring Coffee, published with permission.
