%PDF-1.7 1 0 obj << /Type /Catalog /Outlines 2 0 R /Pages 3 0 R >> endobj 2 0 obj << /Type /Outlines /Count 0 >> endobj 3 0 obj << /Type /Pages /Kids [6 0 R 18 0 R ] /Count 2 /Resources << /ProcSet 4 0 R /Font << /F1 8 0 R /F2 9 0 R /F3 10 0 R /F4 11 0 R >> /XObject << /I1 13 0 R /I2 14 0 R /I3 15 0 R /I4 22 0 R /I5 23 0 R >> /ExtGState << /GS1 16 0 R /GS2 17 0 R /GS3 20 0 R /GS4 21 0 R >> >> /MediaBox [0.000 0.000 612.000 792.000] >> endobj 4 0 obj [/PDF /Text /ImageC ] endobj 5 0 obj << /Producer (dompdf 1.0.2 + CPDF) /CreationDate (D:20241127055151+00'00') /ModDate (D:20241127055151+00'00') >> endobj 6 0 obj << /Type /Page /MediaBox [0.000 0.000 612.000 792.000] /Parent 3 0 R /Contents 7 0 R >> endobj 7 0 obj << /Filter /FlateDecode /Length 1417 >> stream xWˎ6W1<-Ep5ED[%+R6/N5i{ xƲ%US"$iaCyT˥˚6-\PZ6;Ozܓu3Y.ftNjOJ?m1nA!fDt{@ 8 aŪf~7)+EǴ6k0 22p8x9E&"`RLut4\;/(ϛ}I;}[xӽ@8s_Ϥwe/.0wK - oH4-ޢ@9mpW"Lao+[>.]Z^')9"øBO[<;F& }N47ZYt8P'IZfs.YfP%?|S0ĪQ<9w?4?ȽÖ0-[O]ys[i0yI嗏)-_3ǗoeyW忞җ4; endstream endobj 8 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F1 /BaseFont /Helvetica /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 9 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F2 /BaseFont /Times-Bold /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 10 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F3 /BaseFont /Times-Roman /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 11 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F4 /BaseFont /Helvetica-Bold /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 12 0 obj [6 0 R /Fit] endobj 13 0 obj << /Type /XObject /Subtype /Image /Width 125 /Height 125 /ColorSpace /DeviceRGB /Filter /DCTDecode /BitsPerComponent 8 /Length 4928>> stream JFIFC    !'"#%%%),($+!$%$C   $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$}}" SAJ ^4YAJnTSת]!Me$(H%ch[-Ę_ޑkv!osS-¶Uи:*,2˪E-q8p+Qr}ekZ]cwqOt k iqǕ }vhu&qrQ-'T™m;\>/,3\JکɌV]b?da!u_ti*6E#[@mK/'!"#1 $BDsΙX'߫fL(X)5 f/ K\0^VbYv\ dFzʬ +H.8NL8Cd8*c--\p_2 Px쥲!IR쥘jBX ʷ(l7L c@%:*!E1Qq~SgW=tm\cI<[ᚳ<*uS{׆J(nWA8r`lIq60N3Iʣ q'qaxww g++hQkui=H/A SSImDkqD<659_㞗\U Ҍ&Z U9Ml'Le-,6h)h{U;(;d,ӕ. {SQe(.7i4uS:6Hچ})K 7=yD'4~ԲLG#&L+ HZƀ4;=hʅ%+7gKv -fZ! &tɓ}#FϣL@Zd8PX3pXH4NFVJe9g Qܻ/ԗ{4:3-ot;QqL.ey)L/|'U]`n {ZgeItKb!I{\BxSxSkQ[9O/V& iq7Ou-ei1 ºQ:g-'9_} KVW&!1AQaq ?!A Pz/-ElXCOfzeΠpQŽr >a2Co#Cķ#|V,eod3NR +%݌}AH^w:7s[]jo`M\$3g2up 4TogsL.:=[b+pv+ S(umӪ1U@>}+|CD#2tEɥK5書 1m* nI%l }H>! /Q.ވ)56 j쉋ff+iJffPBf<ս/[FGHƇ15т$ g4xtqKKlYO0Z£VWs6F`ߍ sDp txхO3cH.-U+ڠ~KEFp58o'^a6H|q_xZ.r&7.zX)d[_^nFP6a]¢*~elj!WjTC?PO;`CU{ B$D.ji* mw,k䞇Ԇ;Wbi-̱Z=Sh\2qi/) U 2-4'RO{o;6`% [< W* :9i<;,5H i+VܪSIf!LRdbn. `%֋/*,џ2)^RA/G*C"ƟԡO[^6MZ{ RLpy n8V]X{t܅;2pg !1AQ? 9!v#+~!D]#`2^N3 /'r!(9LL[1 ͬCoO͈rYm@|~5 ّrX/+"!1AQaq??_Ty"x C"Z*T{ahL6WpL%F2{DdQ,*#`[tBx&ۈ#pP#sZҢ /D ĽBU,<䚍 J0wJ6Á4l4'd:',n%!1AQaq?0J~XYA,?ho6{W2M7A9_䰂,6h*h:Gx#bUyKGG'IC\kQjn208b57 M CV^]5\,JB}_2m$+!˙9; -FQ_ZoBV^]@rRjMf\Q_/R+!M[oFiQt|nN Xu%kW[Ԣ2nZ|"6W(qL|:5QLz4kN'M (z_)ZRVD[H=TAe {Ϩs`&/y+x- 唫U~}"`‹4F+BW&E]9 (r%1l -eX4;ˍ.TY|lbrYɁO?Ûї1cJ&RSjaؿV}UF0,rPJW Qz¿ wJ(hby p)Oh;oq0?aCȑ'O\qTj4:L Eo̫NJo,jV},M@G9⍕IrY&S'gO~iPUGZ>VҗvG]9loAQV+]; v\< >G7ب9Es0ZP2 ,e@iq:V?.nO9&=*/IFUp#Ѽ` W*ԾjȿS,wh\NGUN~Т}_*,Sണh#sd}7,Dp"*Nӛ_/aub1/Q YqBpAFJocO9A*6r1ƱR#eSbI˳fSzt-)l 1ъz3GX!"F>bjW+W6dA0]Kw |5`z #XY_r "o#Ry}˱1Xt,?R  p|3LIq8|g,ٛWpGsmMyy)tŧv -y?}BEP}, D/?2 D{U}T0ei/g42ZEf~ (z]\/>e-)[J@-Eb-O@ #nB _Aٷ|UhX[T߁h@ = endstream endobj 14 0 obj << /Type /XObject /Subtype /Image /Width 550 /Height 140 /Filter /FlateDecode /DecodeParms << /Predictor 15 /Colors 1 /Columns 550 /BitsPerComponent 8>> /ColorSpace /DeviceGray /BitsPerComponent 8 /Length 5329>> stream xqDǯ뺒$ILfff&I335Lf2\3I2L&_3$3I$d+$\W=9y9lLss99P`0 `0 `0 `0 !U_:~u = F~sZŻدns⃪Qg¢G(F[-s͓^ DZ>d>3Dr#\OΉ, ZFwjux<;4Ƀxز#_v?nO<|{7c(b{Oū}w[N e~Hs䎷wwOn<1B.k+%U=eԘ -mCj)t:}c'ϓ*n"-ovkZ?R"V%wʶ7s]eX&eǕq` 1-2e JYHCFOUam 7:(Ԙt_@ހN t{B~ :V@}o#7!z^&zFL:ʤn X<- %"bNWqF c` M'4?cH-V`ǵAF>=#Ěm75dB I&7E5<>-͏їFǿl3M6x]Y&)2 FoΌ N.<t i4wL\^=_|Fo؏IȄ ik$ɄL?{?|tmCޮ=~T&iTevϷ'奔s?EꋄLPY͹箵?@L:Aˤ3y_:9AtA*0qVe- e6g)%a}.qKcI V/xʤzM|\ HSql0;*%+Mذ-闛obebu2iU&lLbtIcxb5^B#8 ޮaʻ _ w>j+L:$"&O;bZ K1 jmU玫ݢ=S/J<WO2'_yUPvp=`"aL5 Nl7"rlQT޼==-I[Se* F'(\`󴯉'{:נnVZ TG6*r$Tyx^LJū.C<3` %ANrxUo"˄ 0&$tO F&bIcW3GG͈ y!{m,LkCI d,(2"@ dR%F1thUL8Rݒ^+v9^?sʯYעDl~Qd" N2sc|ov}=F,3K#vxIvG^,[OM&wI[#,Jޙ\ض;L^fv[LbyYvM#/EI#/Zס$(ڼ ," &LK/IF i-Zx彰픢]MKeR n(PhV'LҸ\f$w/ e]"mɷWO߻˱ KerSPe (ӼGMȈ}X?ʍto7ZKl+81_Y&ǡd uʤ1Vw!sQ"/$zNkw(t)2BWQW"˄OXLp:e‡# וzn2F}qlc5ؾ:WH xLz LP:d# Q>(MRېd2Qt$o~R$YR5,-nޜLr_βehd" 2k1lvO X= eC p+[R=jU!֖}_DޟY2 (*wkZQ>Fl̲soR#^u3hhyTԲt.LtD8sk4z4Rbl@zp4hy0Tn\=.fnő Y/:TC9<@fSI$:QR/bq7DfR/ֻn)Vqd"䳽˄GL;ϝRG顼n&%Sv eFv,L"t}I&N> D73]$e)( ;]XhL`kSzJlcC$<)깍h}dr,1ܝRM뭍eMa $?e3f8΍҈&P(x+JU5{I 3 M- ;7|#G9 !\œ&=xp2,L{-`?OW":4uܚEadv ~9q.VdV%UT@73$@W¯B!ݒaVLH:!opr;gAɀiήpfߙR E/IDO*Luf0}{7mfyDxT.g)w5RvHx#Z]&M$ gZUTt+lZqZ_;a&JaG,-JLJDFIcV|:I3nB&;N0Lna=Y_Gl,p5,,kc EKgd;2vt7selT9˸sX޲.6r<1!| L0lTMS1?Xsf cq )KSgBB&׭x. v c@^Yk΀v],E[ɾ QhYyXXC2)g/J@su1ScL, ?C[{V2i͛!סӠ&> 6lu>4Ƕʤ|=12鱧l{^:a/Y%~].26G: p^CZ V&Vedҟ?RrX7d#I]ՕuL1 ?_ /12IEh ̴b<ӯ^e _ϝ䰻^]vy> /ColorSpace /DeviceRGB /BitsPerComponent 8 /Length 873>> stream x1j08-K/)],) &gi+:U̲\"9H!@"9H!@"9H!@eY.Z[p_E{QHKV[/`j%ʒcP,SX4W{7urd5ɱPr:-ֆʇX$$zfZpClbw7z{[]qGlwlGlZiM,ߺ7x}w` L9=3zpWL9 j)ۓB$ DrB$ DrB$ DrB$ DrB$ DrB$ DrB$ DrB$e]k` B$ DrB$ DrB$ DrB$/؋ endstream endobj 16 0 obj << /Type /ExtGState /BM /Normal /CA 0.3 >> endobj 17 0 obj << /Type /ExtGState /BM /Normal /ca 0.3 >> endobj 18 0 obj << /Type /Page /MediaBox [0.000 0.000 612.000 792.000] /Parent 3 0 R /Contents 19 0 R >> endobj 19 0 obj << /Filter /FlateDecode /Length 681 >> stream xn0EYCKp7>b$"aTHځ%CùwxȠs+aLX$pv/{G/+طBY&svgV4B{ƁwXh[@#xv^YP 4ǿ LU ^DIZs{Iyya { 8QS Q#xn 4! f7ەМZG}Z,hYy$2ʩNjp$.]nyAzEWgjڡjelq",tze4İxɊ2`9 *x(;YXRΪr> endobj 21 0 obj << /Type /ExtGState /BM /Normal /ca 1 >> endobj 22 0 obj << /Type /XObject /Subtype /Image /Width 550 /Height 140 /Filter /FlateDecode /DecodeParms << /Predictor 15 /Colors 1 /Columns 550 /BitsPerComponent 8>> /ColorSpace /DeviceGray /BitsPerComponent 8 /Length 5329>> stream xqDǯ뺒$ILfff&I335Lf2\3I2L&_3$3I$d+$\W=9y9lLss99P`0 `0 `0 `0 !U_:~u = F~sZŻدns⃪Qg¢G(F[-s͓^ DZ>d>3Dr#\OΉ, ZFwjux<;4Ƀxز#_v?nO<|{7c(b{Oū}w[N e~Hs䎷wwOn<1B.k+%U=eԘ -mCj)t:}c'ϓ*n"-ovkZ?R"V%wʶ7s]eX&eǕq` 1-2e JYHCFOUam 7:(Ԙt_@ހN t{B~ :V@}o#7!z^&zFL:ʤn X<- %"bNWqF c` M'4?cH-V`ǵAF>=#Ěm75dB I&7E5<>-͏їFǿl3M6x]Y&)2 FoΌ N.<t i4wL\^=_|Fo؏IȄ ik$ɄL?{?|tmCޮ=~T&iTevϷ'奔s?EꋄLPY͹箵?@L:Aˤ3y_:9AtA*0qVe- e6g)%a}.qKcI V/xʤzM|\ HSql0;*%+Mذ-闛obebu2iU&lLbtIcxb5^B#8 ޮaʻ _ w>j+L:$"&O;bZ K1 jmU玫ݢ=S/J<WO2'_yUPvp=`"aL5 Nl7"rlQT޼==-I[Se* F'(\`󴯉'{:נnVZ TG6*r$Tyx^LJū.C<3` %ANrxUo"˄ 0&$tO F&bIcW3GG͈ y!{m,LkCI d,(2"@ dR%F1thUL8Rݒ^+v9^?sʯYעDl~Qd" N2sc|ov}=F,3K#vxIvG^,[OM&wI[#,Jޙ\ض;L^fv[LbyYvM#/EI#/Zס$(ڼ ," &LK/IF i-Zx彰픢]MKeR n(PhV'LҸ\f$w/ e]"mɷWO߻˱ KerSPe (ӼGMȈ}X?ʍto7ZKl+81_Y&ǡd uʤ1Vw!sQ"/$zNkw(t)2BWQW"˄OXLp:e‡# וzn2F}qlc5ؾ:WH xLz LP:d# Q>(MRېd2Qt$o~R$YR5,-nޜLr_βehd" 2k1lvO X= eC p+[R=jU!֖}_DޟY2 (*wkZQ>Fl̲soR#^u3hhyTԲt.LtD8sk4z4Rbl@zp4hy0Tn\=.fnő Y/:TC9<@fSI$:QR/bq7DfR/ֻn)Vqd"䳽˄GL;ϝRG顼n&%Sv eFv,L"t}I&N> D73]$e)( ;]XhL`kSzJlcC$<)깍h}dr,1ܝRM뭍eMa $?e3f8΍҈&P(x+JU5{I 3 M- ;7|#G9 !\œ&=xp2,L{-`?OW":4uܚEadv ~9q.VdV%UT@73$@W¯B!ݒaVLH:!opr;gAɀiήpfߙR E/IDO*Luf0}{7mfyDxT.g)w5RvHx#Z]&M$ gZUTt+lZqZ_;a&JaG,-JLJDFIcV|:I3nB&;N0Lna=Y_Gl,p5,,kc EKgd;2vt7selT9˸sX޲.6r<1!| L0lTMS1?Xsf cq )KSgBB&׭x. v c@^Yk΀v],E[ɾ QhYyXXC2)g/J@su1ScL, ?C[{V2i͛!סӠ&> 6lu>4Ƕʤ|=12鱧l{^:a/Y%~].26G: p^CZ V&Vedҟ?RrX7d#I]ՕuL1 ?_ /12IEh ̴b<ӯ^e _ϝ䰻^]vy> /ColorSpace /DeviceRGB /BitsPerComponent 8 /Length 873>> stream x1j08-K/)],) &gi+:U̲\"9H!@"9H!@"9H!@eY.Z[p_E{QHKV[/`j%ʒcP,SX4W{7urd5ɱPr:-ֆʇX$$zfZpClbw7z{[]qGlwlGlZiM,ߺ7x}w` L9=3zpWL9 j)ۓB$ DrB$ DrB$ DrB$ DrB$ DrB$ DrB$ DrB$e]k` B$ DrB$ DrB$ DrB$/؋ endstream endobj xref 0 24 0000000000 65535 f 0000000009 00000 n 0000000074 00000 n 0000000120 00000 n 0000000450 00000 n 0000000487 00000 n 0000000636 00000 n 0000000739 00000 n 0000002229 00000 n 0000002336 00000 n 0000002444 00000 n 0000002554 00000 n 0000002667 00000 n 0000002696 00000 n 0000007792 00000 n 0000013367 00000 n 0000014498 00000 n 0000014557 00000 n 0000014616 00000 n 0000014721 00000 n 0000015475 00000 n 0000015532 00000 n 0000015589 00000 n 0000021164 00000 n trailer << /Size 24 /Root 1 0 R /Info 5 0 R /ID[<8f28b926385745857a2efa2ca655a01c><8f28b926385745857a2efa2ca655a01c>] >> startxref 22295 %%EOF Living in the moment with your children | Caring Magazine

Vol. #28

Grace Uncovered

Read Issue

Latest Impact StoriesView All

Popular Topics

PopularView All

Living in the moment with your children

byVivian Gatica Lopez
January 25, 2018
2 minute read
Total
0
Shares
0
0
0
Listen to this article

As parents, we want to capture every moment shared with our children through photos and videos. Smartphones make it possible with the touch of a button.

While this is a completely reasonable thing to want to do, it’s also easy to get caught up behind the lens. It’s important to put down the electronics once in a while, and be fully present in moments with our children because these are memories that will be forever ingrained in them.

The times I remember most from my childhood are not on film. When I look back on them, I smile.

My parents didn’t have as many convenient handheld electronics to distract from the times they spent with me and my brother. They were fully invested in every trip to the beach, movie night and game of hide-and-seek.

I can still recall when I was a little girl and my dad danced in circles around me as I practiced my ballet poses on my play kitchen table, and my mom read me all my favorite books before bed.

In the last few weeks of 2017, I reflected on how I could be a better mother. I took my daughter to the park one day, and while pushing her on the swings she was all smiles, so I took out my phone to take pictures of her.

And then it hit me, how many times had I done this before? I have numerous photos of my little girl on the swings, but she will only be a kid once. Do I really want her memories of me to be just ones of me pushing her on the swings while on my phone, or of me actually playing and interacting with her?

It was then that I challenged myself to limit the time I spent on taking photos and videos of my daughter, and actually live in the moment with her.

I’m not saying that capturing these moments with your kids is bad. In fact, it’s really important for them to have photos albums and videos of their childhood to look back on. But it’s also crucial to have balance.

So if you already have recent photos of your child at a park, why not try leaving the phone behind and run around and play with your children? This may make a simple trip to the playground into a moment your kids will never forget.

If something significant happens for your family, like your baby’s first steps, birthdays or graduations, snap some photos and record a video, but don’t let it take you away from living in the present and celebrating these special occasions with your children.

Whether it’s going to the zoo or riding bikes together, the key is to make every moment count so your kids will not only have photos to look through or videos to watch, but also great memories to look back on and smile at, too.

Download this page as a PDF

Comments are closed.

You May Also Like