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Part of finding beauty in life is savoring the little moments. A lot of life is stressful, busy, hardwork, often forgettable and quite unremarkable. And, many days are downright painful and difficult.
That is what is so sacred about beautiful moments. They come and go so quickly we can miss their significance. We might be looking for something bigger and more dramatic and miss the beauty of what was right in front of us all along.
Ever since my children were first born, I have made a habit out of capturing little photos in my mind of the moments I wanted to treasure.
- Sweet eyelashes fluttering over big blue eyes {remember those eyes so beautiful and innocent}
- Chubby cheeks covered in sweet potatoes {linger on that baby face to remember it always!}.
- Hugs by soft dimpled baby arms {don’t forget this feeling!}.
- Singing soft lullabies to a sleepy boy {remember how precious he is!}
- Two sisters laughing in the backseat of the car {I love their laughter, don’t forget how it sounded!}.
- A little brother running to hug big sisters {my heart is full, remember this moment forever!}
- Kids blowing bubbles on the porch {savor the sweetness, will this be the last time they blow bubbles?}
I had my parents over to our house at Easter. My middle daughter was looking through photos to find ones to put in her senior class slide show. “Remember this mom?,” she’d call over to me. Pretty soon we had all gathered around and savored the memories we had captured in pictures.
We laughed, we cried, we remembered and we shared the little things, the seemingly small moments that could be so easily forgotten if we haven’t captured them in our hearts — and fortunately, in pictures.
Capturing and treasuring those memories is what a joy-filled and beautiful life is about…it isn’t living the perfect life, or having life go exactly like we’d hope all the time, but it is living a life where we recognize what is precious when we see it.
I have a great SURPRISE! giveaway today to help you in your endeavor to capture and share those memories! Kodak is giving away this wonderful prize, one Kodak Easyshare Digital Frame, to a reader of The Inspired Room!
KODAK EASYSHARE W1020 Wireless Digital Frames with Home Decor Kit — $269.95
These wireless frames come with a home decor kit that allows it to easily fit into any home aesthetic! With capabilities that include wireless access to stream photos from kodakgallery and flickr, to getting updates on news, weather and sports, this frame has it all with the ease of the KODAK QuickTouch Border.
The best part is, because of Kodak technology you can automatically send and receive pictures from KODAK Gallery members right on your frame with the Picture Mail feature so that you are constantly connected. To learn more visit Kodak!
Just leave a comment here to be entered. If you share a beautiful life post on today’s Mr. Linky and link back to this post, (you can do this any time over the weekend or before the contest ends), you’ll get a second entry! Put this link on twitter and share the tweet here for another entry! This giveaway is now closed
What special moments did you capture this week?
How did you find or create something beautiful?
Share with us in the comments or via a link on Mr. Linky! Remember, all Mr. Linky links MUST BE TO A SPECIFIC POST RELEVANT TO A BEAUTIFUL LIFE. No home page links or it confuses me and I have to delete!
PS. Emily at Chatting at the Sky is celebrating beautiful ordinary moments on Tuesdays with her “Unwrapped Posts!” I’m linking up!
Oooooh! What a neat frame and fun give-away!!
Elizabeth Flowerss inspiring blog post..WinShape Easter Egg Hunt
Mom moved out of her home of 60 years and my brother and I have spent the past three weeks lovingly fixing, painting and bringing NEW life to it. It has restored our relationship and has truly been a healing experience!
xo Roberta
I took my 5 year old son for our first frolic of the year in the sand and surf of the beach yesterday. As I was snapping picture after picture, it struck me that I am swiftly approaching the time when playing in the sand, searching for shells and laughing at the water lapping at our feet won’t interest him anymore. So I snapped a few more pictures to bring back these memories when that day comes.
JoAnnes inspiring blog post..And with that…
I just posted about getting my granddaughter to like to clean. At least at my house. We spent the weekend together, being girly and then hunting for worms. It is a beautiful life.
What a great item for our home! Thank you for hosting this giveaway!
Kimberlys inspiring blog post..Pink Saturday banner
I get such great inspiration from you. Love, love your site and you have inspired me to really, really want the digital frame!!!
Wow! I love your blog, and I am always inspired by something in it……. I was reading about the Kodak frame, and I would so love a chance to win it!! Visit my blog! miasfolkart.blogspot.com, it’s noy as inspiring as yours or many of the ones listed here, but it’s me!!!
Maria Es inspiring blog post..Happy Easter, and…….
What a fantastic giveaway. Please enter me in the contest for the Kodak frame. I would love to have it – we could get pictures of our grandson loaded directly from the Kodak site.
Jeane Gallos inspiring blog post..Adventures in Kitty-sitting
here is the correct blog post!!
Maria Es inspiring blog post..Coastal Inspired Bathrooms: 10 Ideas To Get The Look
Last Mother’s Day my husband put together a slideshow for me of our favorite family moments. It brought tears and smiles to everyone. I would love to be able to surprize him with this frame for Father’s Day. What a perfect thing for his office!
*drool* I’ve been wanting a digital picture frame for months!
I enjoy reading little ideas here and there. Thanks for the giveaway chance! I’ve wanted one of these for a long time now.
jens inspiring blog post..to my husband
My parents have a photo frame that I love!! I wish I had one too!!
What a great way to display all those captured moments in our lives! Thanks for an awesome giveaway!
Amandas inspiring blog post..Spontaneous Photo Shoot
What a generous giveaway!!
Love the frame and would love the chance to be entered!
Thanks!
Jessicas inspiring blog post..A Jumble of Thoughts
Thanks for the entry!
Thank you so much for this opportunity! We are about to have baby #4 in less than three weeks, so this would certainly come in handy!
Thanks again!
Aubrey
Thanks Melissa for a great opportunity to hopefully win that photo frame! It would be such a great house-warming gift since we just signed a contract on our very 1st house!! What a wonderful way to capture these 1st memories of our new home! Thanks!
Holly Blockers inspiring blog post..2 Weeks and counting….
Pictures do inspire our future. What else can bring back a warm feeling or sweet memory?
I’d definitely love to be in the giveaway. I also put it on Twitter at http://twitter.com/TCOYou .
Suzannes inspiring blog post..Quality Relationships (I Will Be Someone For You)
This week I captured the bright eyes of my son as he looked over pictures from our trip last year to Disney World. It made us so happy to see he remembered (even though he was 2) “Mick Mouse” and how excited he became,we went ahead and booked another trip to see “Mick Mouse” this fall and we will be there on his birthday. As it was last year,Im sure it will be worth every penny.
We need this frame for our magical photos.
Love the Blog… love the giveaway!
Blessings ~
Lisa
Capturing the kids (3.5 and 1) actually playing together nicely, it was so sweet, made my day.
Lyn Kearnss inspiring blog post..Sister see, sister do
I would love to win this so that I could fill it with our wedding, honeymoon, and travel picutres and give it to my husband for our third anniversay. I love your always-so-inspiring blog!
I would love to win this little bit o memory making technology! Pick me!
I LOVE this. I have been wanting one just like this for my mother! I want to be able to update her pictures from our house, which is three hours away! This is an awesome giveaway!
Thanks so much!
Kim
I would love to give this digital frame to my mom so she can display pictures of her children and granddaughter without having to get prints made!
What a great give-away!!
kelly quinns inspiring blog post..Brenda’s 8th Grade Formal
This would be a great addition to our home.
I would love this for my husband – would be a great Father’s day present.
Thanks!
Cindy
How beautiful! A frame that enhances the images and doesn’t take away from them.
What a wonderful give away!
I would love to win this!
Please drop my name in the hat!
Thanks a bunch!
Hugz & Blessings,
Dolly
Dollys inspiring blog post..Cherry Cottage Easter Carrots So ReTrO SWEET csst
photos are windows to the soul…
It would be amazing to win this! Thanks for the giveaway!
What a perfectly lovely post, Melissa. And an awesome giveaway! Thank you for linking up with Tuesdays Unwrapped. I love your heart and the way you express it, my friend.
emilys inspiring blog post..tuesdays unwrapped
What a nice site. I would like to enter your contest.
Please count me in; I’ve had one of these on my “wish list” for quite a while.
I’m just now discovering the world of Blogdom . . . coming to all this quite late, am I not? *smile*
Your blog inspires me! The emphasis on Beauty and Order is what this world needs nowadays.
Thanks for your efforts!
I would be the happiest to win this.. since its 2 yrs and i am planning to have this and not able to.. I would just love to win this.. its like a dream come true
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i twitted abt this
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i would be happy to share the best moments of my entire life on this frame..!
bindiya02@gmail.com