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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!
What a great give-away!! Would LOVE this! I can never have enough pictures of my loved ones!
I love your blog. It is inspirational and has given me a number of ideas for my own house ( which needs a lot of work).
These digital frames are great. Gave a few as gifts recently loaded with photos and it was a hit.
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How exciting for the possibility! But more important is the actual capture of that wonderful moment. They are so fleeting that unless we really do stop and smell the roses and note them or photograph them… they are simply a moment possibly lost to our memory.
thanks for the chance!
Ohhh and thanks for stopping by my blog– you rock.
Claudias inspiring blog post..Serendipity
I left a Mr. Linky! Thanks, I enjoyed reading the others.
Jeri/JJs inspiring blog post..Something beautiful indeed…
What an awesome giveaway! This Kodak Easy Share would definately help me diplay my photos! I’m so terrible about trying to send out pictures to friends and family. I’ve been lucky enough to catch my son on camera doing all those little boy things! Gotta love it!
Oohh forgot to say I linked this to my blog.
AND twitted too. (although i really have to admit I have no idea how that works) i just keep typing….
Pssssst ya might want to delete one of my Mr.Linkys…cuz i goofed up.
Big hugs!
Claudias inspiring blog post..Serendipity
This is wonderful.
Oooh, I would love to have one of these for my mom! She’s bedridden and has a photos of my daughter at the foot of her bed. This would be great for her!
Thank you to you and Kodak for this give away. Reading your blog and looking at the pretty pictures is one of the special moments in my day.
Joys inspiring blog post..Sage Neck Tie Purse
We have so many digital photos, and I’d love to have a frame like that. We have given them for gifts but don’t own one ourselves. Thanks for offering this.
Impressive give away!! It’s a great one. I hope I win!!
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I finally can add to Mr. Linky.
I shared pictures from our Easter and Sofia’s 3rd Birthday. The girls are what make my life beautiful.
SoBella Creationss inspiring blog post..Sofia’s 3rd Birthday & Easter Weekend
I also twittered about the giveaway. Name SoBellaCreation
SoBella Creationss inspiring blog post..Sofia’s 3rd Birthday & Easter Weekend
what a wonderful frame to have in front of me all day long . . . so many i love live so very far away – so thankful for photos!!
What a great giveaway! I am Internet challenged, so my only entry will be this post.
I loved this post. I work in a quilt shop and today a young (pregnant) mom and her little girl came in. They did their shopping and her little girl reminded her that she said she would read her a story before they left. I saw them in a corner reading the book. It was so sweet and I think of it as one of those special moments…
laurie millers inspiring blog post..Easter
Oh those baby feet just made me melt. I wish I could have my babies that little just one more day.
Thanks!
Your site is wonderful. Please enter me for the digital picture frame drawing. Thanx!
Oh I would LOVE this!! I’ll be linking a post as soon as I get it up. Today I’ve been getting pictures of our family bike ride to the lake. I’m so glad it’s finally warm enough outside to go!
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I happened to have the opportunity to capture a very special moment this week. My husband suggested we visit my 90 year old grandma on the Easter weekend so on Monday we drove the two hours with our eight year old and four year old. Our eight year old is now taller than his Great Grandma (to his delight). Lots of photos were taken of a very proud boy standing tall next to his Great-Grandma and a very shy little boy trying to be careful around his fragile Great-Grandma. Priceless!
Love those ten little toes…
Every night before I go to sleep…I play a slide show in my mind of the ones I love…family is everything…the littlest moments in time can make the biggest memories. I am blessed.
Warm Wishes,
Susie
This is such a wonderful giveaway, I love it!!
Thanks so much for the chance to win.
Oh, and I just love your Beautiful Life Mr. Linky every week!
Karas inspiring blog post..Spring? Break
wow!!!
dawnelles inspiring blog post..like thread through a needle
That’s so awesome! We’ve been looking into getting one of these frames recently. They’re great! We want to get one for each of our moms for pictures of their grandson, since we’re stationed overseas right now and they don’t see him on a daily basis.
Janie Phillipss inspiring blog post..My husband, the pastry chef!
I just spent an incredible evening with 30 or so members of my family. We were all visiting under a big, white tent and the wind decided to blow and take the tent with it. With the help of all of us, we saved the tent. It was a disaster, but I have never had more fun in my life. Yes, we got pictures. Precious moments!
Wow! How cool is that?
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What an AWESOME giveaway!! Thanks for the chance to win!!
~TidyMom
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My favorite moment this week was dying eggs with my girls. Even though we were late, we still had so much fun creating our “masterpieces” together. And it didn’t matter to them that it was after Easter already! I was reminded that “Better late than never” really can be true sometimes.
Gretchens inspiring blog post..My new gig
What a lovely contest! I would love to win!
This is like the grandest of all grand prizes! Oh, I so hope I win this. Thanks, Joanne ~~ glamourgirljoanne@yahoo.com
Oh me, oh my, what a special prize! I take so many photos that no one ever gets to enjoy – this would be a grand solution! Thank you for the wonderful giveaway!
What an amazing giveaway.
I’ve been working on prettying up our front hall, which is also our gathering place for reading, chatting, watching TV. It had become a bit cluttered and I am so pleased with how it is emerging.
This would be even more inspiration to capture the special moments!
Love your blog! And I love these frames. Haven’t saved money to get one yet, but some day!!!
We just had a new baby, and have plenty of cute pictures to display on that frame:)
I love your website. And I LOVE digital frames.
I captured the joy on my boys’ faces as we went to the strawberry fields for the first time this spring. There’s just something so absolutely perfect about kids, strawberries, and a gorgeous spring day.
would love to give this to the grandparents!!
Please count me in! What a wonderful giveaway! We’re expecting our first baby and I’d love this frame for displaying all the baby photos and special moments to come!
Jersey Girl in DCs inspiring blog post..DECORATING: Beachy Coat Rack
great way to actually SEE those digital photographs we keep hidden in our cameras and computers!
My link doesn’t necessarily apply to finding beauty with the eye. Mine is about music, and how it touches the soul.
Sarah D.s inspiring blog post..Good for the soul
What a great giveaway. I would love to win the Kodak digital frame!!
Denises inspiring blog post..The Geek Squad hits Seattle
Great blog post – it usually IS life’s little moments that are the most precious.
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<3,
karri
I have taking tons and tons of photos over the years and cherish every one of them! THey just capture those litte moments that go by so quickly
Tamaras inspiring blog post..A Seriously Soapy Spring Season
I love your thoughtful posts. You really are great about inspiring us to “be better” and “do better.’ Thank You
ImagineCozys inspiring blog post..Simple Rearrange
What an awesome giveaway! Please let this be my lucky day
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Thanks so much–
Count me in!
Can you believe w/all of our photography, we don’t have one of these?
Happy Monday! Thanks Melissa!
Hi Melissa,
Aweomse post! I needed that after my pityparty weekend I had. New day, new week! The little things in life are so incredible! Sometimes get too busy to stop and notice them!
Thanks for the reminder. Have a fabulous week.
Blessings,
Sandy
Sandys inspiring blog post..