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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!
My linky (lizabeth http://www.sparkbark.com) was to a specific URL that I posted this week of a very inspiring YouTube clip – many of you have probably seen it by now but I just loved it so much and thought it fit your theme best to share. Just didn’t want you thinkin’ it was spam! Love your posts – they are always uplifting. Thx, also, for the great contests and giveaways!
Lizabeths inspiring blog post..Granny Spiral Crochet Tutorial
Oh I would love this, how fun! I am a picture fanatic so I have lots and lots of them that I would like to look at
Jessica H.s inspiring blog post..A wonderful Easter
Wonderful giveaway, thank you for doing this!! Oh, man I’d be as pleased as pie if I was the winner. Neat gift for Mother’s Day as well!!!!!!!!!!
katys inspiring blog post..{30 Minutes to a Prettier Front Door}
Holy Moley! You weren’t kidding when you said you had an exciting giveaway. We don’t have any babies, and probably won’t since we are adopting, but I plan to have many, many special memories to capture.
songbirdtiffs inspiring blog post..Good Stuff (B-52′s)
I can’t tell you how much I’m coveting this frame! Wonderful giveaway! Especially that it’s wireless – how cool is that?!
Michelle Gs inspiring blog post..Our 1st California Adventure
During my kids’ spring break this week, I carried my camera with us everywhere and captured pics of the ordinary. Although we did see a goose sitting on her nest and we considered that anything but ordinary!
Wireless? That sounds perfect in a house full of little hand that love to tug on cords!
What an exciting giveaway…Thank you for the entry!
Kids are such a great source of decorating material! Love capturing the moments as opposed to the posed shots! My “Hall of Family” idea is the perfect place to showcase those captured moments.
Diana@TheDevineHome.coms inspiring blog post..Hall(way) of Family
I thought I commented before but don’t see it so I’m going to try again! My link is to an inspiring You Tube video that touched my heart in reminding me that dreams are everywhere and what you see is not always what you get. Plus, individual worth, talent, gifts, value – so many intangibles to appreciate as well! It’s posted at http://www.sparkbark.com – I have a whole Things To Be Thankful For tagged section!!! Thanks for your inspiring site – I’m always uplifted. xoxo Lizabeth http://www.sparkbark.com
Lizabeths inspiring blog post..Granny Spiral Crochet Tutorial
What a fabulous giveaway. I’ve been dreaming about digital frames. This one is fantastic!
Mama Gooses inspiring blog post..Early Morning Conversation
I never imagined such generosity when I started blogging. What a wonderful world. I’ll be posting my link later.
Barbies inspiring blog post..I love the 80′s
What a generous giveaway! And you just gotta love those sweet toes.
Thanks!
Ds2 graduates & I would LOVE to add his pics to display at church !
Thanks !!
It would be perfect for the pictures of my three kids! I would love it!
Your “Capturing the Moments” is such an inspiring post! Thank you!In just living life ….time goes by so quickly that we forget to “tell the story”. This thought has recurred to me often recently while putting together a commemorative book of my mother’s life for her 90th birthday.
This is the exact product I have been looking for to give to my grandparents. They are not tech-savvy, but they do love pictures and we never print them. The wi-fi capabilities are just awesome.
What a perfect giveaway for a Beautiful Friday. I always look forward to your thoughts, and now I’m crossing my fingers to look forward to something else, too!
Katie
Katie at makingthishome.coms inspiring blog post..How-to: Make Mall Visits Greener
I posted a beautiful quilt that my mom made for my daughter a year ago, but I barely took photos and posted it. It is BEAUTIFUL!
Thanks so much Melissa! For the giveaway and for your really wonderful series “A Beautiful Life.” It’s what we all need to be reminded of – the things that are truly important in life. Blessings!
Becky B
Becky Bs inspiring blog post..Birthday Letters
I have been eyeing one of these for about a year. I always have something else that I need to spend my money on, but how I would LOVE to have this! I always have my digital camera handy, so this is something I need!
Thank you for your beautiful post and reminder to enjoy the smaller things too. It is so easy to get caught up in the fast pace and not slow down to realize our blessings.
Jennifer
Really cool prize! And thanks for continuing the series! It’s fun to see what inspires others!
Donna @ Funky Junk Interiors
Donna at Funky Junk Interiorss inspiring blog post..Taking care of windows and music
That is a really really wonderful give away and I love the picture of the baby feet to capture the ” A Beautiful Life,” how sweet.
the mr. linky link is of my sweet baby who makes me laugh every single day. i am partial, but my kids are crack ups. they make my life truly beautiful with their child wisdom and humor!
meghans inspiring blog post..the mad scientist
Thank you so much for the chance! Its a fabulous give-away!
CraftTeaLadys inspiring blog post..Fineto (and a few questions)
I have been doing Project 365 this year, trying to take at least one photo each day. I have missed a few days but I haven’t let that stop me. I am so glad for all the little moments I am catching. I have the worst memory so I know I need to capture the little things now before I forget.
Lindsays inspiring blog post..do re mi
What an amazing prize! With family so spread out we have been trying to take more pictures of epsilon to share on flickr, I didn’t realize frames could take your photos strait from flickr!
Oh, how I wish my boys were still little. I am certain that grandchildren are our reward for surviving parenting our own children because in the moment so many precious memories seem mundane. One look at those chubby baby feet takes me back to a time that seems like a hundred years ago…a mere 18 years is all it was.
ooh, love it! been saving for one for ages, my parents are on the other side of the world and it’d be great for sharing grandbaby pix….
How awesome! I totally need one of those, especially now that I have a baby nephew and sweet toddler niece!!!
the BLAH BLAH BLAHgers inspiring blog post..I’m HOOKED on my new green kitchen!
Would love to win! What a terrific prize!
Terrific give-away! Thanks for your site. I check it daily!!
I would LOVE to win this beautiful prize. My husband has been wanting one for the past 2 years. We live 6,000 miles away from family (husband is in the Navy), so to have everyone’s picture rotating on this frame would make it feel more like home. Thank you!!
What a great giveaway! I love to take and display photos. And I love your inspiring blog! Thanks!
I have been thinking a lot about a “beautiful life” for the last two weeks or so. I added candles to my bathroom and a silverplate compote to hold handmade soaps. I added a candle to my bedside table. I light it each night, even though my hubby works out of town during the week. It adds calm and beauty to my alone time before bed. *sigh* Little things!
Wow! What a great giveaway!!! Count me in!!!
Love your blog,
Amy
What a GREAT giveaway! Photos rule me, so I’d make great use of this prize. Pick me, pick me.
pendys inspiring blog post..Double Trouble
a beautiful moment i did happen to capture on film was my youngest’s first steps and his HUGE smile, being so proud of himself this monday. and then just yesterday, my 4 year old daughter singing ‘my little buttercup’ from the movie ‘three amigos’ that i sing to her but didn’t realize she had memorized it. luckily i caught it on my phone.
Noelle Tomcos inspiring blog post..Fashion Issues
My link back to you is about beautiful Greek Architecture columns in my town. Thanks for the giveaway, I would love one of these!
Suzy Homemakers inspiring blog post..Greek Architecture
I would love this! Thank you for the giveaway!
Nickis inspiring blog post..Swimming
This would be awesome! We could defninitely use a new camera!
Emily @ Little Homes inspiring blog post..To Do
I’d love to win the digital picture frame! I added a link to a thrifted dish I painted & made into my spring table centerpiece. Love it everytime I look at it!
What an amazing giveaway!! I’d be crazy not to enter.
As I read your post today, I too, remember those precious moments with my 3 children, now grown. You know whats so great??? I get to relive those moments with our two precious granddaughters and soon with our new grandchild on the way! And the truth is, I think we appreciate those moments even more the second time around.
your post makes me want to cry. i let so many days go by w/ my little ones consumes w/ my “to do list.” i don’t want to look back and have regrets…time is too precious. thank you for sharing.
Thank you for such a beautiful post! I am quickly learning that time seems to past by so quickly and I get caught up in everyday life. My little guy is learning and growing so much everyday and I want to treasure those moments.
Beckys inspiring blog post..Easter Apologies
What a beautiful/smart/amazing frame! That would make a fabulous mother’s day gift!
sylviarj at yahoo dot com
Oh! How I love this surprise!! I really want a digital picture frame!! I was hoping for one for my birthday/anniversary coming up soon, but we need a few other things and there is a special ministry for single pregnant women (renewalhouseministries.org) that we want to help so no digital extravagance for me this year. How fun would it be to win?!! I’m sure whoever the winner is will be truly grateful!
Thank you, Melissa!
Melissa, thank you for such inspired words. My ‘heart-pictures’ are taken when I suddenly realize my 2 two year old boys discovering things for the first time. That instant of ‘the click’- the connection being made, WOW! Glory to God! I have the opportunity of witnessing this as it happens…
I love reminders to capture the moments. I’m a new mom and my baby just turned one. She is growing up too fast sometimes. Thanks for the giveaways chance!
My link was about celebrating the every day with my children today. Having a little party “just because”. Thanks for the giveaway!
laurel saulss inspiring blog post..
Definitely count me in!
I beautified my home by buying some simple lilacs, putting them in small vases and scattering them around the house. It makes me feel so springy!