A Few "Kairos" Moments

Today was a rough day with my Shelby-girl. Trying to get back into the swing of our routine + teething + wondering where all of her family is that was spoiling her all last week = a not so happy baby. But thankfully, I had a few "Kairos" moments** that made me {almost!} forget all of the rough ones...

A few spontaneous hugs before bathtime. {Shelby is not a cuddly, lovey type of baby....so these moments are cherished!}

In the midst of watching Super Why {which Shelby will usually not turn her eyes away from for even a single second!}, Shelby turned around to find me washing dishes at the sink and waved at me with the biggest grin on her face like she couldn't have been happier to see her mama.

And my favorite Kairos moment from the day came as we were reading stories before naptime. We were reading Five Little Monkeys. Shelby usually pats her head every time the monkeys in the story bump their head on the bed b/c she has seen me do it countless times. But today--for the first time--when the doctor orders "no more monkeys jumping on the bed!", Shelby mimicked me pointing & shaking my pointer finger as if to say "no-no" to the monkeys. It was the cutest thing, and it just melted my heart.

**In Glennon's words from Momastery, here is a brief explanation of those "Kairos" moments...
There are two different types of time. Chronos time is what we live in. It’s regular time, it’s one minute at a time, it’s staring down the clock till bedtime time, it’s ten excruciating minutes in the Target line time, it’s four screaming minutes in time out time, it’s two hours till daddy gets home time. Chronos is the hard, slow passing time we parents often live in.Then there’s Kairos time. Kairos is God’s time. It’s time outside of time. It’s metaphysical time. Kairos is those magical moments in which time stands still. I have a few of those moments each day, and I cherish them.