Friday, July 14, 2006

The Best Moment of My Life

As I was breastfeeding my boy on the bed while keeping an eye on my daughter splashing about in the bathroom, I glanced at a portrait of hubby & me on our wedding day hanging on the wall and I thought to myself that was the best moment in my life.

Then I asked myself was that really the best moment in my life?

My mind drifted to back when I was a little girl, at the time we were in Minneapolis and I was straddling those McDonalds' character rides with my brother and other friends and back then I thought that was the best moment in my life.

Then I remembered this one time when I was younger, just watching my parents getting ready for their big night out to celebrate their wedding anniversary, just the two of them. My father was never more handsome and my mom was absolutely gorgeous. They looked so happy and so much in love, and even then I thought that was the best moment in my life.

I went on to recall the time I was 14 and had lost a whopping 14kg. My father was so excited for me and took me shopping. He was the one going crazy in the store telling me to try this dress and that. I was so happy to see him so proud of me, and I thought that was the best moment in my life.

Then memories of watching my mom smile and joke with me for the first time after almost a year of watching her grieve over the death of my father and I thought that was the best moment of my life.

I remember feeling proud that I got exceptionally good result for SPM despite my partying ways and I thought that was the best moment in my life.

I remember falling in love for the first time and at that time could see me spending the rest of my life with him and I thought that was the best moment in my life.

The image of me donning my stewardess uniform and accepting my cabin crew certificate upon course completion came into my mind and I thought that was the best moment of my life.

I recalled the moment I realized that I was in love with this man who was destined to be my husband and I thought that was the best moment in my life.

Then I saw myself cycling in beautiful Salzburg with the mountains as my backdrop and back then I thought that was the best moment in my life.

The day of my graduation while I was receiving congratulatory hugs & kisses from my husband, my mother & my step father and secretly knowing that I had a two month baby inside of me, I thought that was the best moment in my life.

And now, as I watch my son feed, my daughter happily splashing away and squealing in delight in the bathroom and the portrait of both hubby and me beaming on our wedding day and I'm thinking, this is definitely the best moment in my life.

18 comments:

Mumsgather said...

Lol! Linda, It sounds to me like you will be experiencing many more best moments in life as you go along! Its good to recall, yes?

Nana said...

I think there's no single one best moment.. to enjoy life, we would have to admit we have many many best moments along the way. kan?

LHS said...

I love this post very much, yeah, we have infinity of "the best moment of my life". If feeling the matter by real heart, it's easy to grade it as best moment inspite of it's just a small incident. Maybe we should thankful to our life, and your words definitely make me to satisfy my current life. Thanks for sharing this touching post.

Alpha said...

For me, there is no really a particular or 'best of the best' moments in our life...each are special, and being the best in their own way....I might think that my graduation day is the best moment, who knows my daughter's graduation tops that?

Chibi Maruko said...

Im, hidup ni kalau betul rentaknya memang penuh kegembiraan... & kegembiraan datang dalam pelbagai keadaan.... tulis lagi moment yang lain pulak, tak sabar nak baca :)

Unknown said...

Hmmmm I pun still dunno which one is gona be on top of my list - the happiest moment of my life.. the lowest tu senang sangat u ols!!!

maybe masa we ols tour around Europe for our 10th anniversary last year... also maybe masa mak jumpa semula Avang kat UK in 1997...

nak kata masa mak susukan anak dinch boleh laa pulak..mak mana leh beranak!!! **matilaa Arnold Schwarzenegger in Junior!

p/s kasih ibu sampai ke akhir hayat gittew....:)

Fairul said...

one of the best entry from u ..
each moment is special in its own way..thats how i see it..hehe..:)

too bad my graduation day is not one of my best moment in my life..

IMMomsDaughter said...

What a touching post! I love it and there's so much you have to be thankful for. Glad to see such happiness in my blogging buddy's life :)

Anonymous said...

Hai Linda, i was just browsing thru, read your stuff on my best moment in life. That was absolutely ABSOLUTELY touching piece of writing! Though i dont know u, i hope u will live well to experience many many more best moments in life, and maybe, just maybe one of this days, you might know, which was truly, your best moments in life.

mom2ashley said...

a very well written post linda. you've described your best moments in your life so well!

ontahsapo said...

best momment huh...? err...

Sastri said...

wow... congrats as u have lots of best moments in ur life... may u have many more to come...

zaida Ismail said...

The best moments of my life pulak while watching u lukis lukis on the white board and asked me to guess apa yang you lukis, which is ur lukisan yang memang teruk giler. While I'm busy guessing, u and Kak diana ketawa samapai tak dengar bunyik and suddenly I gave up guessing you are drawing the JAWS. And from there I got my nick name....

Unknown said...

seems like u've gone through all the precious & happiness in ur life and don't 4get to be gratefull. i hope it will not stops there...may god bless u lin.

lost 14kg? wow!

LindaMunshi said...

MG,
It's wonderful to recall.:)

Nana,
That's the best part...sometimes it's not ok to have too much money, too much food, too much to do, but it's always ok 2 have many best moments.

hui sia,
Ur back! I thought u weren't comin back but ur back. Cant wait to catch up with ur blog. :)

alpha,
I couldn't have said it any better. :)

chibs,
'kegembiraan dtg dlm pelbagai keadaan' That statement couldn't be more true for you. You lah satu-satunya org yg I tau yg leh find happiness in almost anything, including pokok-pokok hiasan kecil you. :)

lee,
You found someone who you truly love and loves you back...not many people get to experience that feeling. That's abest moment what?

Ala...tak dpt susu budak, susu Avang pun jadiklah tu...hehehehe. :P

fairul,
thanks a lot. :) Graduation may not be good, but at least you have great wall! :)

immomsdaughter,
As I'm glad to see happiness in urs. :D

jetlagers,
thanks 4 the compliment and for stopping by.

mom2ashley,
Tq. And you says urs so well thru ur pictures.

ontahsapo,
yup..best moment. :)

sastri,
Wishing u the same too! :D

zaida,
hahaha...that was soo funny. Tx for reminding me of that particular time. Now I have another best moment to add to my list. A funny best moment. LOL

halogamora,
I was 14, at that age 14 kg is no sweatlah. Now losing 4kg at 29 pun teramatlah susah. LOL.

Anonymous said...

linda.. entry ko yg ni mmg gigiler punya touching sampai aku nak nangis dia buatnya.. glad to know that you can recall all your best moments in life.. and i do hope you'll have more best moments to come... (^^)

allthingspurple said...

Linda, I thought that was a truly beeyoutiful post!

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