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Tell me about a perfect moment from your life :)

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CheerfulYank · 17/02/2014 09:01

I just had one, all snuggled up in bed with DS (6) and DD (8 months). We're so warm and cuddled up while it's freezing outside. They're both sleeping on their stomachs in their cozy pajamas and I love the sound of their sleepy even breathing. :) DS doesn't have school tomorrow (President's Day) so no morning rush ahead of me. It just struck me as a wonderful moment I should try to remember...DS looking so little while he sleeps, DD's chubby baby hands on my pillow.

It got me remembering a night I spent once when I was 21, lying in a field and drunkenly talking to a boy. It was the most gorgeous summer night, with a breeze and a huge moon and the smell of grass everywhere, and it really seemed like I would be 21 forever.

Just little moments like that, that you keep and remember, times when you wouldn't trade your life for anything. :) What are some of yours?

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Mamafratelli · 17/02/2014 13:02

Have had lots of perfect moments but the most recent one that sticks in the mind was a ridiculously hot summers day last year.

We went to the river and had a picnic, both dcs splashed in the river and then we got a big ice cream from the cabin. We did nothing all day and by the time we got home the kids flopped into bed. It was perfect.

Mamafratelli · 17/02/2014 13:03

What a lovely memory cornishcreamtea

Mishmashfamily · 17/02/2014 13:03

Holding my dd2 in my arms the first time after being told for ten years I could not have children.

Sitting on my dps knee, in Cuba looking out to the sea in a very posh hotel. It was our first holiday together . Looking back at the picture we both
look so beautiful because you can see so much love in our faces. He is my prince after so many poisonous toads!

MrsMarigold · 17/02/2014 13:04

When my DS was born, it was a beautiful day - in the morning I was in labour and saw the sun rise and thought at the end of the day I will have a baby. When the sun set, the light was beautifully soft, DS and I were alone in a four bed ward at UCH and it was very quiet, my DH had gone home and so had my MIL and SIL, I looked over at DS and was filled with joy. I've got tears in my eyes just thinking about it. DH got a lump in his throat when he overheard me telling DS about how happy I felt on the day he was born.

shakinstevenslovechild · 17/02/2014 13:07

16 years ago, the day my 6 week old ds got out of hospital, finally it was just me and him, no staff, no machines, no glaring lights and hospital smell. I picked him up, without having to ask if I could take him out of his incubator, and without having to scrub my hands, and held him so close to me, he snoozed in my arms as I sang the nursery rhyme I loved as a child to him and he made little cooing noises as he dozed. So very, very perfect.

He died 5 weeks later, I will never have another perfect moment in my life again Sad

halfwildlingwoman · 17/02/2014 13:07

The morning I woke up in my own bed after bringing DD home from the hospital. DS, then age 3 climbed in for a cuddle and I had both my little ones in my arms and DP downstairs making breakfast and chatting nonsense to the cat. I remember thinking then, I have never been so happy.
Another one was at my first proper gig with my best mate. We were 17 and my dad had dropped us off at the NEC. When our favourite song came on we turned and grinned at each other. We still remember that night, 21 years later.

halfwildlingwoman · 17/02/2014 13:08

shakingstevens, god I'm so so sorry for your loss and if I'd seen your post I wouldn't have written mine. I'm so so sorry.

PedantMarina · 17/02/2014 13:09

Loads, but one that doesn't involve DP or DS is:

Was leaving Ex and returning to the UK. Had a 8-hour layover in Toronto airport. Although I probably had enough money for an hotel, I just didn't want to for some reason.

I walked into the airport bar and the bartender said "we're closed", and I was about to just fall in a heap and cry, but he said "you can have a drink on the house - I just can't sell you one" with a really sweet smile. He and the one other customer took care of me: getting me and my large bags down to Left Luggage just in time before it closed, then told me which was the quietest part of the airport. And they were right! I wasn't disturbed all night. Slept with my head on my carry-on bag and started my new life fresh in the morning.

Hazelbrowneyes · 17/02/2014 13:10

Last July, a warm evening sat out in the garden with DH. We sat snuggled on a chair together, bottle of fizz and just cuddled for hours looking up at the stars. Was truly lovely.

My garden features a lot in my happy memories. One of my favourites from last year was sat out in the sun reading a book, DH was playing on the ipad, one chicken sleeping under my chair, one under DHs and one sleeping in a plant pot next to us. Not a special moment at all but for the first time in a while I felt completely at peace and so unbelievably happy with my lot.

DontWannaBeObamasElf · 17/02/2014 13:10

Oh Shakin. What a beautiful memory, I am so sorry.

RealAleandOpenFires · 17/02/2014 13:10

Listening to the heartbeat of my son @ the doctors I wished that I had taped it, watching him being born and holding him just a few minutes old.

(Dammit, I think that I've something in my eye after reading this thread)

EmotionalCrotch · 17/02/2014 13:19

The first time I held DS there really isn't anything quite like it. I still relish every cuddle I have with him, he'll be 5 soon and I still sniff and kiss his head when I cuddle him.

I always hold fond memories of when I first met DP. Out first night/weekend together was the best time ever. We went camping up on a hill in 1995, it was scorching hot, we had Enigma playing and there were these huge dragonflies darting all over the place. We lay on the grass just talking and getting to know each other. We sat drinking wine into the early hours of the morning. There were loads of stars and shooting stars, it was the best night of my life. Everything was just perfect. I still smile thinking about and my heart swells over how much in love we were. shame after nearly 19 yrs things are bit shite but I will always cherish that night. We tried to recapture it about 7 yr ago but it wasn't the same. That magic wasn't there.

impatienceisavirtue · 17/02/2014 13:24

The pure joy on my other DC's face the day their little brother came home from hospital - something that he very nearly never did. The way they threw their arms around him. I swore that day that I would never ever let a single day go by without remembering how lucky we are to still have him in our lives.

Every day with him after that has been a blessing. The thing that was wrong with him is generally fatal, or lifelong. He kicked it in about a year and a half. He totally gets away with blue murder now. I DGAF, as I remember that precious day we got to bring him home.

Absy · 17/02/2014 13:31

This is MEGA lame compared to the others, but it was one day at work. I'd just had lunch, and was sat at my desk and felt perfectly happy. It all went to shit the next week, but I had that.

Another was a day I spent with DH and a friend, mucking about. Also, the night of our wedding was awesome - not what I'd imagined but perfect and so happy in a different way.

MrsMarigold · 17/02/2014 13:41

shakinstevens, that is beautiful I'm so sorry.

I've become really tearful on this thread.

tiredbutstillsmiling · 17/02/2014 13:43

shakin, what an emotional memory but so beautiful.

ThisLittlePiggyStayedHome · 17/02/2014 13:49

The first time dd was sick enough to worry me, she was not quite two years old and had been miserable for a couple of days. It was just a cold type thing, with diarreah thrown in for good measure, but it didn't seem to be lifting and she'd been pretty listless that day, had a fever going to bed and I was concerned enough to call the out of hours doctor. She told me to keep an eye on her overnight and bring her to A&E if the fever went past a certain point.

I stayed in dd's bed that night, awake for most of it fretting and checking her temperature, but dozed off at some point before morning. I woke up to the sound of dd laughing, and opened my eyes to see her sitting up in bed with her hair all wet, the fever broken, the bed and me covered in white tissues as dd emptied a box's worth of them, throwing them up in the air one at a time and watching them float/fall back down while she giggled and clapped at each one.

It was a moment of pure gratitude.

MazzleDazzle · 17/02/2014 13:49

I was heavily pregnant and it was late spring. It was the first really warm day of the year with not a breath of wind. The weather held such promise. I remember thinking, "God, imagine if we get a summer like this." (We didn't!). Anyway, me and my DD, who was only two, went to my home town and headed to a tiny, sheltered beach to build sandcastles. We were the only ones there. We then dawdled through the village her chubby hand in mine, stopping off for a bag of chips which we ate outside, followed by an ice-cream cone as the sun began to set. It was precious, just me and her and for once, she wasn't winging and complaining and I wasn't in a hurry. As I looked at her little face dripping with ice-cream, I thought, I'll never have this time again, just us. When the baby arrives everything will change. I want to remember this day for ever. And I have!

Tournesol · 17/02/2014 13:50

This is such a beautiful thread, it is making me really teary!

I feel blessed to have had many perfect moments but two that spring to mind.

Travelling in my youth with my now DH, we were on Fraser Island in Australia camping. We got up early and went to Eli creek, a cool, clear stream with a strong current. We jumped right in and let the current carry us all the way down the creek, laughing, chatting and marvelling at the beauty.

Last summer in Pembrokeshire, watching my DC playing in the sand on the most perfect little beach, their faces so intent on what they were doing. It just made my heart swell.

ThisLittlePiggyStayedHome · 17/02/2014 13:51

shakin I started writing my post ages ago and then had to do some work and just came back to it and posted. I'm so sorry for your loss and didn't mean to be insensitive with my post. x

shakinstevenslovechild · 17/02/2014 13:56

Oh I'm so sorry, I really didn't mean to make anyone feel bad.

I am loving reading all the perfect moments on here and I may be getting a little teary at some of them too so please, please don't feel bad for sharing yours.

Thank you everyone Flowers

Armi · 17/02/2014 13:57

Nearly two years ago when DD was about 8 months old. She and I went to our local NT property one sunny March morning. It was just warm enough to be Spring, the sun was out, there was a warm breeze and I pushed her for ages along paths through seas and seas of daffodils. She looked at me and I looked at her and I thought,'Blimey, I really do love you.'

I'd really struggled to adapt to being a mother (I wonder now if I'd had a touch of PND) and seemed to spend DD's early babyhood in a state of near panic, despair and floods of tears. That day I felt the sun was coming out, literally and metaphorically.

urbanturban · 17/02/2014 14:08

Gosh these are so beautiful.......making me quite teary actually (although I am loaded with a cold and a cough and that's probably why I am so over emotional today!)

I've never suggested a thread be moved to Mumsnet Classics, how is it done?! I think this collection of beautiful moments deserves to be kept for posterity......

Thank you all-will have a think and come back and post my own perfect moments! Thanks

MrsSippie · 17/02/2014 14:13

Ridiculously simple. I was about three months pregnant with dd2 (dc3) and it was my birthday. DH and I had arranged to meet at a pub and then go on for a meal. I cycled to the pub, and as I was locking my bike up, I saw him outside, looking for me. He didn't see me for a minute or two but kept looking up and down the road for me. I just remember thinking 'he loves me, he really loves me'. He saw me and grinned so broadly, it really made me teary. I don't know why that has stuck in my mind for nine years but it just has

LastOneDancing · 17/02/2014 14:13

Dangling my legs over the edge of a junk in Bai Tu Long in Vietnam. It was the end of our honeymoon and there was the most incredible sunset. An eagle was dipping in and out of the water and it was so peaceful and beautiful. Like heaven.

And dancing at my wedding, spinning round watching my dress kick out - I felt a bit of a goon in the morning but at the time I was so full of joy.

Wonderful thread OP, but all these beautiful (some so sad) stories are making my eyes leak... Smile