a moment

I was up at 6:30am and out the door at 7:15--so rushed my stomach couldn't "stomach" breakfast. (And I love breakfast.)

For the next 10 hours I run from one thing to the next consulting my sticky note list a few times so I wouldn't forget where I was going.

Home at 4:30. I have eaten a half cup of plain yogurt with pomegranate seeds and walnuts, a string cheese, half an apple and a TJoes grab bag of nuts. Oh and a few slices of sliced turkey wrapped in a piece of bread (no time for mustard or mayo). 

I am home for a few minutes by myself (and by few, I mean like 3 minutes). The light is fading so I step outside with my camera into a cloudy afternoon where even more daylight is being sucked out of an already fading day.

As I stand there, I look down the street to see my daughter walking with her buddy on her way home from a play date. She steps up onto the porch and I aim my camera down in her general direction. I have no idea what my fstop is or my shutter speed. I look at my view finder and see her half caught in the frame, frozen in a moment that has come and gone so fast that I barely remember it happening at all. 

Just one second, out of 86,400 in my day...captured forever. 

The most beautiful moment of my day.