Moonbeams

My daughter's birthday is coming up. I ordered her cake a couple of day back and felt rather proud of myself for remembering to indicate the collection date as the day before her birthday. The only problem was that this cake is for the celebration at her kindergarten which is before her actual birthday.  I only figured this out 2 days after I placed the order. I am not sure what triggered my realisation. Perhaps there are real benefits from staring mindlessly at the ceiling.

We were much more organised with the gift packs for her classmates, well my wife was. Organic gummy bears, stickers, Oreos, mini games, a smiley face notepad, fancy pencil and duckie erasers. Gender neutral to save on the confusion of having 2 sets of gift packs.  All ordered online ahead of time. To avoid the mayhem of mispacking, the younger kids were given directions to arrange each set of gifts on the living room floor in a grid. Each set quality assured before they went into the packs.

Organised or disorganised, we busy ourselves to mark these yearly milestones in our lives. Another year of childhood shared wonderfully with us but also another year of wonderful childhood almost over. She is growing up far too quickly, learning to be in charge around her 2 elder brothers. Even at this young age, I catch glimpses of the woman she will become. By God's grace, I hope to be around for her and for myself. 

Lyrics sung in a different context - how do you hold a moonbeam in your hands? I have to learn not to struggle with such thoughts. I have to learn to live in the moment and pay close attention to how bright it shines.