When the world slows for an instant
I always find it incredible when the world slows for an instant. I was gifted with one of those moments last Thursday. After a long, crazy day I was racing to get to a meeting almost 2 hours away from work. Our niece had delivered her baby boy the night before and I hadn’t met him yet. I was running late, but decided on the way that stopping by the hospital to see the newest family member was more important than reaching the meeting on time.
Photo courtesy Jennifer Maiser (Flickr)
Entering the hospital, I was so excited I went back to the labor/delivery section of the floor we had been at the day before. (Sadly, I left the hospital about 4 hours before the baby was born.) The nurses laughed when I explained and sent me on my way to the maternity ward. At the door to the room I knocked very softly, not sure if mom and the baby were sleeping. Waited a few minutes, then decided I hadn’t knocked loud enough. Immediately family was in the room. Our niece looked great, a little tired, but happy. The baby boy was beautiful!
It’s not that I doubted he would be beautiful, but what followed was more than I expected. My sister-in-law handed me the baby. With him cradled in my arm, the most amazing thing happened. Time slowed. For the first time in a very long time, I was exactly where I was supposed to be at that moment. All the stress, running, and general craziness of the day melted away. I just sat with the baby for a while.
Moments like this happen so rarely (and seem to happen less often as I get older), that I’m incredibly grateful for my sleeping bundle of blanket and baby reminder of how important it is keep to life in perspective.
-kev
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