Tell me about a perfect moment from your life :)

[CheerfulYank]

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?

[PoirotsMoustache]

The day my DS first smiled at me. He was just on 6 weeks old, I was sitting up on the bed with him on my knees, and I was chatting and singing to him and he just looked up at me and gave me the most beautiful smile.

A few months after DP and I got together, he was round mine for the evening. After dinner and putting my DS to bed, we sat on the sofa and listened to his favourite music, with my head resting on his chest and his arm around me. It was pure bliss, and I knew then that he was the man I wanted to marry.

[JugglingFromHereToThere]

Hugs to you (((( mumof2teenboys ))))
Hope you can still feel that love and support from all around you.
Perhaps one day you might find such peace again, in some future moment

[HomeIsWhereTheGinIs]

I love this thread. What a lovely idea.

Mine was with DH back when he was DP. We went away for the first time together to a cottage on the coast for the weekend. One night we made mulled wine and bundled up (it was cold) and sat outside at the picnic table in the garden drinking the wine and talking. We saw a shooting star and I knew that I'd never been happier and that this was the only man I would ever love. A close second is the speech he gave at our wedding. He's usually very reserved but when he told me that he loved every minute with me and thinks that any time spent apart is time wasted, my heart swelled. Being in that room full of people that we love, with the man of my dreams in front of me, was amazing. I wish my mother could have seen it, it's the only thing that could have made it better.

[TheWomanTheyCallJayne]

I had some wonderful moments as a late teen but the moment this thread made me think of was a few years ago where I was just sitting outside our then house with a toddler ds3 playing nearby and the other three pottering around happily doing their own things. The sun was shining and em lived in the middle of nowhere and I was talking about how it wasn't really silent.
I wrote a blog post about it at the time as it was just so perfect.
I finished it with the line... "These must be the whispers of the Gods"
From the lines. Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods- Ralph Waldo Emerson

[ScarletRedRose]

for Shakin and mumof2teenboys

Mine was in the wee small hours, 2 days after DS2 had been born. DS1 was very poorly after he was born and subsequently died aged 3, so throughout the pregnancy I'd been very nervous (slight understatement!) and the hospital had been over cautious and whipped DS2 up to Special Care.
He'd been up there for the 2 days being observed and although there was nothing really wrong with him they were reluctant to let me take him home on day 3 when I was being discharged.
I got called up to Special Care around 11.30 that night and was told the doctors had just finished their round and that not only could I take my beautiful, precious second son home the following day but he could come downstairs and be with me on the ward.
I didn't sleep a wink. I held him in my arms whilst smelling his sweet, downy little head watching the night turn in to day giving silent thanks to his big brother for sending him to me.
Tears in my eyes as I think of it.

[Ohwhatfuckeryisthis]

One with kids (of many) one without.
Perfect late spring day, dtwins were about 4 weeks old. Ds was almost 2. Under trees in local park, twin 2 asleep on my tummy, twin 1 watching the light through leaves. Ds1 collected bunch of buttercups and held them under babies' chins to check if they liked butter.
Without. After a few bumpy years, dh and went to Barcelona for my big birthday. Sitting at beach bar in afternoon sun, giggling at two blokes posing in white budgie smugglers, dh held my hand and said he loved me more than he ever did.
Excuse, me something in my eye.

[Allegrogirl]

Driving through a pass in the Atlas Mountains withe the desert ahead of us in our Saab soft top. We'd nearly split up after many years together as DH was scared to have children. After 5 months apart he got his head together and it was out last adventure before TTC.

More recently helping DD1 with her lego and DD2 with a jigsaw at the same time without me shouting or DD2 pinching pinching her sister's lego and thinking 'I'm actually a pretty good mum'.

[Elderberri]

With quivering heart, I reached inside the brown paper bag and withdrew the soft white loaf. With a passionate urgency I sliced through the soft virgin body, two perfect slices. I trembled as I reached for le creuset butter dish, inside the rich texture of organic butter, with unrivalled joy I spread it thickly. Now the ultimate moment of indulgence, very god from heaven, A packet of walkers salt and vinegar crisps. I adorned that golden butter coated bread with a shower of sharp and tangy crisps. As those two pieces of bread came together with the crisps in between the crunch that I heard was exquisite.

With fevered anticipation I raised that sandwich to my mouth, and bit down into, that soft creamy butter laden bread, tantalised with salt and vinegar crisps, my mind exploded with the myriad of stars, perfection.

[NoStalker]

I've been lucky enough to have many, but one springs to mind.

I'd been very depressed, tried to kill myself and we were still going through the aftermath of it all, when me and DH went for a midnight walk outside one night. It was November, I think. We were talking about silly little things, just trying to get used to being together without that enormous worry and guilt again. We walked out of town, to where the streetlights disappeared, and walked along a country lane in the middle of fields, quietly. It was a misty, foggy night, but the moon was bright. The layers of mist looked like a lake of silver in the dark, and the whole world was utterly beautiful and fragile, and I was with the person I love, and I knew I wanted to live.

[ToffeeOwnsTheSausage]

BertieBotts . Not having such a great time atm either so thought a shared and an ear if you want it was in order.

[Pickles79]

What a lovely thread

[JonSnowKnowsNothing]

Mine is when my friend, who I'd been madly in love with for four years, came back from working abroad and told me he loved me and I was his soulmate. He's an intensely private person but held my hand and said this in a pub surrounded by mutual friends. We walked back to mine holding hands and kissing... I have never experienced a feeling like it.

(Didn't end well - he got cold feet at the age difference, broke my heart and I moved 200 miles away. Still see him a couple of times a year and whilst I'm certainly not hanging around waiting for him, I do think we will probably come back together later in life.)

[CheerfulYank]

Oh NoStalker. That's lovely.

Well I do love salt and vinegar crisps, Elder :)

[Purpleknickers]

Having lived in the shadow of silent disapproval for years and coming home to discover my now XH had flitted whilst I was at work and right in the midst of DS's GCSE's I was afraid to tell my DS the truth about his fathers absence in case it devastated him.
when I finally did 3 days later his first questions were are you ok mum? Followed by does this mean we can finally get another cat? I knew then that we were going to be ok ... And we are

[DrankSangriaInThePark]

Lovely thread, and huge thanks to those who are sharing their most special intimate moments of loss.

[KickassCoalition]

I think I was 16 and I will remember this until I die.

Running through the Nottingham Square in the rain with the beautiful boy who sat next to me in orchestra.

We were late back from break and it was dark and raining. I seem to remember there being no-one else there and he swung me round by the hand, caught me up against him and kissed me.

We were both soaked and I remember the rain running down my face as he kissed the life out of me right in the middle of the square.

I remember everything as clear as a bell- the light on the wet slabs, the coolness of the air and just that very moment being absolutely, completely perfect.

I'm glad I got that moment because everything got really fucked up after that and I'm pretty much still recovering from it 20 years later.

I don't know where he is now but I hope he is ok. He was so lovely.

[fishtankbrain]

Back story: moved with DH from London to a beautiful but pretty rural backwater where we knew nobody 8 years ago. Friends and family thought we were a bit bonkers. Had DS1 and DS2, had some tough times in our relationship, but persevered and came through. Made, after a bit of time, lots of really good local friends. Lost weight, got very into a sport with some new friends.

The moment is the day before our 10th wedding anniversary. Parents due to arrive the next day so that we could go away for the night. Feeling fitter than I had for years. DH rings at 3.00pm to tell me that he's got the new job he's been interviewing for and that he can have a month off at home before starting. 3.45pm - go to DS1's parents' evening at our lovely local school and get told he's "amazing" and doing incredibly well at everything. Walk out of school being wished "happy anniversary and enjoy your weekend" by my new friends. Perfect Autumnal afternoon bathed in warm sunlight and everything looked beautiful. As I walked back to the car, I just thought "we won, didn't we?" - all the hard work of the previous years had paid off and here we were in a life which we had made for ourselves and which we loved, surrounded by people who cared about us and whose company we enjoyed.

[WhatWillSantaBring]

Boxing Day a few years ago, we got taken out on a mates boat to dive one of the best dive sites in the world. It was a glass out (I.e. Mirror calm seas) and on my way back to the boat, I saw a bull shark sitting watching me- my first shark in over 300 dives.

The moment DD learnt to talk... It was a real lightbulb moment and I saw the bulb flash in her head as she said "rabbit".

Sitting drinking beers on the beach on my first night on a tropical island. I loved it there so much I stayed three years.

[Blueberrymuffint0p]

Mine was 3 years ago. We were on holiday in West Wales, it was an indian summer and we were on a beautiful secluded beach. The sun was setting but it was still warm. I was sitting up on a sand dune watching dh and my ds who was 18months at the time running away from the waves.

I've had many many years of ill health, times when I've thought I'd never have a family or lead a 'normal'life
We could only have one child but in that moment I watched my husband and son and just felt complete (very corney I know!) but I felt healthy and content and just thought wow after everything I've been through I've managed to end up here and I felt so lucky. What ever life throws at me in the future I've had that feeling and I'll always remember being on that beach.

[NoStalker]

I think it's curious and wonderful how so many of these stories of perfect moments are tinged with such sadness.

[BigPawsBrown]

First date with my DP, who I'd been lusting after all year long (we met at law school). It was June 4th and we went to a park on a perfect summer's day and watched all the Canada Geese on the river.

The day I got my job as a lawyer (and it meant my law school fees would be paid). I tipped my head back in the bus stop and felt the August rain on my face.

The day the first literary agent I submitted to wrote back and asked for the full manuscript. I was giddy.

[DilapidatedGlamourpuss]

The night my DP and I got together. We were 18, met at University living in the same halls of residence. We had been friends ever since we started uni 4 months before, but I had stayed with my BF from home.

I split up with him, and went on a night out with my DP-to-be. As we sat surrounded by friends in the grotty bar downstairs in our college building, I smiled at him and he smiled back. His face lit up- he had held a candle for me since we met and hoped something would eventually happen. We went upstairs and spent the whole night talking, laughing, listening to our favourite songs and making love. It was magical.

The other one was the day after getting the court verdict on the man who sexually abused me when I was a young teenager (he was sent to prison for a number of years). I slept for 15 hours, and then went for a walk on my own through the university town I lived in. It was a beautiful spring day and it just felt like the beginning of a new life.

[Rubybrazilianwax]

I have a terrible memory so most of the ones that come to mind are recent.
Dh had our 5dc out for a walk a few Saturdays ago. The house was so quiet, which it rarely is. I had soup on the hob. Then they all come in through the back door, the noise unreal. Wellies kicked off and absolutely freezing. Just watching them all sitting round with bowls of soup, no one complaining it was one they didn't like. Just all of them healthy and happy made me think I am one of the luckiest people on earth.
Also some perfect , now hazy memories of a starry night on a lanai in Maui with then boyfriend (now Dh)

[Clawdy]

Sitting on a beach in Skerries one summer night many years ago,looking out to sea while the boy I was with sang "She Moved Through The Fair" beautifully. Never saw him again after that week,but will never forget that.