You Capture - In The Kitchen

I spend a lot of time in the kitchen...however, unfortunately I don't have good lighting in my kitchen. Oh well...you do what you can, though.


Our very vintage stove. I can't seem to part with it.


The kitchen is probably one of Jack's favorite places to play. He loves to explore everything (obviously, like most 9 months olds, not just the kitchen.) This week it was the light on the oven. If I don't find him turning the light off and on on the oven than I find him standing by the dishwasher, constantly trying to reach for silverware. If he's not there, than he's digging in drawers and removing the contents of them all over the floor.


This was post sip of the water and mid dribble out of the mouth. silly guy.

There's something so beautiful and freeing about watching him explore. It's like he reacts to every impulse that he has. He has his boundaries (one of them being the laundry room/water heater) but he often doesn't even bother going near them. He loves the little things and could go back and forth between them for a good hour. I wish I could be that free, sometimes. To discover something that to the average eye aren't interesting, but in truth they are.

It also reminds me to enjoy the little things in life. To savor every time the "light turns on in the stove" ie those moments with Jesus when things are sort of illuminated. Like the smell of desert rain, the orangesicle colored sunsets and snuggling with my hubby for no reason other than it's been a long, hard day and we're ready to rest. Does the bathroom need cleaning? Of course. Is dinner ready? No way. But was there that freeing moment when Jesus sent that wave of peace through the breeze in the window? I pray I'm still enough to see and feel it.