Magic moments can happen every day, all the time. They can happen in the midst of struggle or in the midsts of beauty. They give us a chance to get outside ourselves and make us smile.
In my life I use these as tools for bringing me back to gratitude. In the evening I will look back and revisit all the magic moments I experienced throughout the day. What a difference this makes to my state before I fall asleep.
I would love to do something with you, if you are up for it.
If you share your magic moments with me, I will do the same.
My magic moment is that I just started this as its own section!!! My dream is to have it be a place where not only people come to share their Magic Moments, but that just the act of coming here and reading others moments becomes a magic moment in and of its self.
Love and gratitude.
Erin
One of my recent magic moments was finding your site and reading your and everyone elses posting. They are very touching and make me feel empowerment where there had been none. My recent magic moment that happened today is that after much distance, my girlfriend and I connected in not only a physical, but also in an emotional and spiritual way. It was a long way finding our way back, but it was definitely worth the wait.
Another magic moment that has been ongoing (so I don’t know if it counts), is that my baby sister (39), I will be 46 on the 27th, has been dealing with bi-polar disorder for 9 1/2 yrs. and was told her older son was autistic when he was 3 yrs. old he is now 12. Everyday I see what she goes through (he has been sick also for the past 2 months) it makes me proud to be HER sister. She is truly my hero!! Not only does she have a mental disorder, but every day she takes care of an autistic son and her other son who is 10 1/2. Maybe that doesn’t seem like a magic moment, but it is to me. 
I want to thank you for starting this Magic Moment page. It truly is a good place to make you reflect on your day, your week or just some special time that has happened in your life.
Thank you so much again, Erin, for all you do on this site.
Love,
Nancy
My magic moment happened this morning. My girlfriend and I just seemed to wake up on the wrong side of the bed, we were both stomping around the house and not being very nice to each other at all. Then suddenly out of nowhere she grabbed me and kissed me quite passionately. I didn’t have time to react with my bad mood. She took a risk and broke through our foul moods. It reminded me that I can do that every once in a while to help her out as well.
Love K
My magic moment is every when a see my life and i think in my future. And all things that I have to do for that.!
Or when I visit to my girlfriend.
I´m so happy =)
I had a magic moment today when I decided to get out of my foul mood and re-enter the world of the busy people. It actually made me feel so much better.
Hi folks!
Today’s magic moment for me was spending the afternoon with my beautiful 96yr old Nana (grandmother). She’s the only one out of my family who’s never questioned her love for me, no matter who I love.
Love her!
K.
My magic moment today was, that I was talking to a classmate. The special thing about this is, that she was years ago a really good friend of mine, but her parents always hated us being friends, so they decided to destroy this friendship and in the end, they got there. Today was the first time since 2 or 3 years that I was talking to her and I discovered, that she’s still the person I knew then. She thought the same about me, so we’re going to do something to become friends again.
We haven’t been talking for so long…We were good friends in 5th grade, right now we’re both in 9th grade, there are still 3 more years of school to become friends again.
To explain the last part a bit: I’m from Germany.
My magic moment is when i write a new song and another magic moment is when i sing this song because is a part of me and is beautiful when everybody can hear and feel a part of me.
My magic moment today was reliving my childhood by watching She-Ra on Netflix watch instantly on my Wii. Even though I don’t remember much of my childhood anymore(even though I’m only 29) I do remember watchin He-Man with my big brother and then watching She-Ra as well. Yay for old shows being put onto DVD for a new generation to discover and for the rest of us to relive old memories…
meu momento magico mais recente foi te conhecer atraves do filme loving annabelle e ao procurar saber mais de voce descobri uma pessoa sensivel muito alem de uma simples personagem, lendo o seu blog, tenho revisto alguns pontos na minha vida e aos poucos estou me tornando uma pessoa melhor. Um abraco pra voce Erin!Espero que alguem traduza essas minhas palavras para voce!
oi Erin!Estou escrevendo paara dizer que sou brasileira e que ainda nao sei falar ingles mas vou aprender para poder escrever os momentos magicos que vou ter no futuro. Gostaria de saber se posso continuar escrevendo meus comenterios em portugues?Um abraco Erin!
hmmmm .. I think my magic moment is when I finally found my girl, and now I’m planning to court her, searching for some good love song which i will sung for her or maybe i will compose a song together with a poem..
i hope she will appreciate it..
N.
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I had my magic moment some days ago.
Well, I had just watched Loving Annabelle and got the feeling somethings wrong in my life. So I decided to change it.
I think I’m doing pretty good. I changed my look, started to do workouts every evening, laughing more than before. I feel much better.
So the change is going. It’s not done yet, but t will be.
I’m feeling calm and relaxed like it has never been.
So you might understand that this was MY magic moment.
kind regards from Germany.
Bonjour,
I experienced a tremendous magical moment there is little time. I am a sculptor, I carved a woman and her baby in clay.
When I exhibited this piece, the opening day, a woman grabbed the goose bumps watching it. She began stroking the baby’s hand and suddenly, her eyes were full of tears …!
A little while after she came to talk to me. (She had not noticed that I had seen her reaction.) She told me how she had been touched by this sculpture. I was also because this sculpture is very important to me.
It’s a real pleasure to see an explosion of emotion like this! Especially when you put all of your heart in a “work”. It is a great and wonderful reward.
And now, it’s me, who sheds a tear! : ‘)
Lots of kisses and loving thoughts from France.
I don’t know where to start Erin, but the magic moment that I discovered that happened was that when I watched LOVING ANNABELLE, it took years to discover that movie and this is my first time to watch this kind of movie and I salute and appreciate it very much.
My moment of day happiness is simply to be with people who I love
I’m having a magic moment right now, sitting at a meeting/drinks with my dear friend and advisor talking a out EKG.
Magic moment for the day…. waking up to see freshly fallen snow on the ground… the most simple moments can make one feel emotions of the highest intensity.
Magic moment for the morning… Talk with my mom…
My magical moment when my daughter was born, looking at her, I always smile and it is the most pure and magical, that I have it with nothing comparable.And one more magic moment when I felt pleasure, body and soul while has passed since 4 years I can not forget and do not want. I will always remember her because she was the first.
Magic moment of the day…watching my pregnant daughter putter around the kitchen while I remembered all the years I watched her grow to reach this point in her life.
Meu momento magico de hoje e` desejar pra voce Erin um FELIZ NATAL, que DEUS abencoe sua vida e que voce seja muito FELIZ!
My magical today: I woke up this morning knowing I would be late for work because of all the snow. But I didn’t mind. I waited for the bus to come, I waited for 45 minutes, it’s cold and still I didn’t mind. I looked around…. The trees are white it is foggie but so beautiful. At these moments I’m so happy to be alive and see all the wonders of the world. I think this is the best way to start your day. With a good feeling and happy to see the wonders the world brings!
My magic moment was when I moved from Wisconsin to New Hampshire and met my girlfriend basically by luck and chance. I have been with her for almost a year now and I have never been happier in my life. (:
My magic moment continues to unfold every day (which is what makes it so magical).
It started the day I met my partner. It continued the day we decided to become foster parents, the day we first saw our son on an adoption agency website, the day we were warned again and again that his pre-natal exposure to drugs and medication to keep birth mom’s schizophrenia at bay would likely impact his developement — but were STILL given the opportunity to be his forever family, the exact moment we saw Ethan for the first time, the day he was given a clean bill of health and an excellent prognosis for his future, the day his adoption was finalized…
The magic is that every single thing above had to happen exactly the way it did for Ethan to be sitting next to me right now playing in the Christmas wrapping paper. It more than magic… it’s a real miracle.
I had a magic moment last week when I stopped by my sister’s and rough-housed with her and my 2 nephews. It was made magical because my autistic nephew who has been sick for the past 3 months, actually engaged in the fun of it all. Normally he would sit in his playroom and wouldn’t be interested in becoming involved. It gave me a big smile and a warm heart. It made me proud to see the happy, outgoing little boy that I know is in there.
It is beautiful to read all your beautiful magical moments. I especially touched by Béatrice’s sculptor, Chantal’s wonders of the world, and unconditional love from K’s nana.
I had a really beautiful moment when I was in Spain during this X’mas week. After being sprayed by toxic on the street when we first arrived in Barcelona and hassled around between T1 to T2 at the airport, we decided to gave Sitges a try. We waited 30 minutes and freezing at the bus station. When the bus arrived, we already felt tired physically and mentally. Suddenly we saw a big smile and warm greetings from a lady bus driver, ‘Hello, how are you.. yes, this is the bus to Sitges. You have a bag, let me help you.’ She is an angel, that’s magical! All our bad experience in Bcn vanished instantly. One may not realize how much hope you can spared from a sincere gesture, like, smile. Simple, hopeful and powerful.
The happy moments continued in the small town.
A few days ago I took my friend’s daughter sledding. It was the first good snow we had gotten this year and everyone was excited. When we got there, there were several other children, as expected. But there was also a woman somewhere in her thirties, I’d say, who was sledding all by herself. She was having so much fun. She is my new hero. I hope to be as happy and confident in myself as she was one day.
When I met a woman on All Things Erin’s forum, who I’ve become special friends with. She makes me smile everyday and I am thankful for her friendship.
My magic moment was today, when I had coffee at my grandparents place with a couple of their close friends. One of those friends asked me if i have found a boyfriend yet and my grandma started to smile and just said:”No, my granddaughter wont ever have a boyfriend, she likes girls and if i would be alone i would do the same.” i know that she was just kidding but the support from her side made me nearly cry. the friends all started to stare at their shoes, my grandpa blushed and they changed the subject instantly. but hey, i expected them to leave, so thumbs up for those conservative people.
ps: amazing charisma, erin
greetings from germany
Magic moment – getting into bed, stressed out about the day tomorrow and having your sweet kitty cat jump up and show affection….Pets are great!
I had a magical moment yesterday, just hanging out in my sunroom in the late afternoon with my girlfriend and our dogs. Was very relaxing, just being goofy and taking silly pictures and enjoying each other’s company. Made me grateful for the life we’ve created for ourselves. It may not always be perfect, but these moments always make me realize how happy I am.
I know that my sensations aren’t exclusive. But nevertheless. Several months ago I have found out ( why not earlier, after all I looked LA?!!!) that you exist, Erin. It can is very pathos,- but now I feel You in each drop of the blood.
Realizing that my wife and I have been together three years. Me having had some significant health issues over the past year has made our relationship even stronger. Without her, who knows where I’d be.
Magic moments…I was just thinking today that life is filled with magical moments and so often we don’t stop to notice. I love that this section gives us all cause to stop, reflect, and actually focus on some of the good things in life. So thanks for the privilege of reading all your magical moments and Erin for creating the opportunity to begin with!
My magical moment for today has been something of a healing moment for me…a reconciliation of sorts with a friend who sabotaged our friendship 3.5 years ago and brought deep hurt. Of course, in this moment, I won’t go overboard with the details, but after these years of holding onto the hurt, I reached a point within myself where I could truly forgive and let go of those painful memories; and somehow as I forgave my friend within my heart, almost as if she knew, she took a step towards making it right again… I realise this probably sounds a little cliche but it truly has been a healing time for me.
Anyway, thanks for allowing me to share.
My magic moments… Everyday, knowing that someone exists that cares about others feelings, others heartaches and others issues, and actually wants to do all she can to help. If the world had just a few more Erin Kelly’s, the world would be such a better place. From all I’ve read, you’re amazing and best of all, you have a sense of humor (ie. Sid)! Such a rare thing to see these days.
Everyone is usually just so serious, that most never stop to smell the roses, look for a four leaf clover (and maybe find one!), pull over on the side of the road and take a moment to watch a beautiful sunset, or even take a picture of it! Everyone has cameras on their cell phones these days, use it! I’ve pulled my car over many times to take a picture of a rainbow. I don’t see them everyday, so I make every sighting a magic moment and save it forever in digital format.
Erin, thank you for all you do and for just being you! Thank you for the part you played in ‘Loving Annabelle’. You made a permanent impression on many, many lives and no one will forget the tug on the heartstrings that Annabelle had grasped and is still holding, even now, years later. You and Katherine changed many perspectives with that movie, even mine. The lines between love and legality were further blurred by one’s pain and another’s sympathy.
And if Annabelle were a real person, I would’ve moved to LA, found Annabelle and wooed her until she caved (or threw something)! LOL I won’t speculate beyond that.
All I’m trying to say, Erin, is that I and many others think very highly of you and we appreciate all that you do even more than you know. You have already made a “difference in this world”, so please, don’t EVER fear that you “won’t be enough”. I breathe a little easier every single day because I know that you’re out there. Because sometimes just knowing is all anyone needs. (But as far the weird bugs, Jesse will have to handle that one! Bugs, ick!)
Thank you Erin, don’t ever stop being you! We love you for it!
Forever Yours,
-Ton
My magic moments happened when I finally was able to come out to my young adult chidren and all three of them did the same thing…they put their arms around me and told me that I was the greatest mom around and they loved me.
My son ( age 19) even smiled afterwards and said, “DO you want to the go to the mall and check out the girls?”
OMG Erin~
my magic moment was when i finally decided i am going to be a Supervisory Social Worker in Chicago,Illinois!!! When I was growing up, I had allot of people in my life that cared about me enough to push me basically get me through high school one of those people was my school social worker Mrs. B and i decided this was how i was going to pa it forward.
My magic moment happens everyday at work. I work at an assisted living facility for seniors. They are all my family and I truly look forward to seeing them everyday. They make me smile each and every one of them. I have my favorites but I truly love everyone. I will have to share some cute stories, because they can be a riot as well. Anyway just thought I would share my magic moment of all my Lovely seniors at work.
Glad to see MM still here, Erin. I remember a while ago, you were still working on this site, magic moments gave me something to smile about when times were rough. I love reading everyones post, thank you for sharing.
One MM came on Friday when we were getting ready to leave our small group activity and I signed (American Sign Language) to my student “Guess what time it is?” She signed back “Time to go home?” I signed “well, yes, but it’s also TIME FOR VACATION! YAY!” And she cried out and threw her arms around me and climbed in my lap. I thought the was excited until I realized she was whimpering. I pulled her back and asked what was wrong, and she signed “I’ll miss you!!” It took me a good five minutes to convince her that we would see each other in a week and be back to normal, and it would fly by. Even so as she was leaving to get on the bus she gave me a HUGE hug and said “I Love You!” and blew kisses the whole way out the door.
She can be a tough nut to crack sometimes and we have our good days & bad days, and even days when I wonder if this is where I should be…
And then I have MMs like that. And it makes my heart melt and burst at the same time. And I know I am right where I should be. Reach one, teach one.
Thank you EVERYONE for your fantastic posts! I needed a smile reminder tonight.
Faith & Love to all.
My magic moment came not long ago when a lady I had spoken to many times through work introduced herself to me and said whenever I ask you how you are you always say I’m Blessed. I never knew anyone was paying any attention to I was saying till that day. Everyday isn’t easy for anyone, however I find that on those particular days I have to dig a little deeper down remembering life is ever changing. We are all truly blessed and I am so thankful for all the great women out there sharing their stories.
My magic moment?
Looking outside and seeing the trees slowly sway in the cool breeze as the beautiful clear blue sky watches over us all. It doesn’t happen very often as I live in England, and every time I see the sun it cheers me up because I suffer with SAD.
Oh another magic moment, realizing all people can be beautiful, you just have to search for it sometimes.
Hello Everyone,
It’s been a while since I’ve written so I thought I would share a magical moment.
My magical moment has felt like a continuous one for the last month. I feel so blessed for these moments. Last fall I hurt my back and was in excruciating pain for about six months. My doctor finally put me on bed rest until we completed all the tests to determine the next step. I ended up missing lots of days of work–[I work with college-aged students]. This past March I had surgery and it went well and I am better. I slowly have gone back to work, but that’s not the magic moment. The magic moment has been seeing the reaction from my students when they heard I was back on campus. They dropped by my office the first day and their faces lit up, there were smiles from ear to ear, big hugs, lots of “we missed you’s!” You are back! You did not leave us! We are so glad that you are better and we love you’s! It reminded me how fortunate I am and it made me feel very loved and appreciated. As I type this, a student just passed by my office and mouthed “welcome back!
Lots of love to all.
Keep Rockin’ it ErinKellyGirl!
Dana
hey Erin, I just saw ur movie Loving Annabelle and i loved your character in it.I’m from Pune(India),and I feel that the way You Live your life is empowering in itself,,wat can be more wonderful than loving your own presence..
Love You
My life has been one magical moment after another for the past month!
Ever since I watched Loving Annabelle (yes, guilty lol), something in me snapped and I knew right away I needed to leave the mentally/emotionally/(sometimes)physically abusive relationship that I was in. So I did, and since then I’ve been able to see the beauty in everything (including myself, in a non-narcissistic way) that surrounds me again.
To be walking your two dogs at night when all of a sudden it starts to downpour on you, and all you can do is look up and smile, that is truly a blessed moment of being alive.
From You for a long time anything isn’t present on YouTube. Therefore, on boundless open spaces of the Internet I search for films with Your participation, fragments from them. It is very necessary for me. Now here has found two more new, unfamiliar. It’s cool! Greetings and Love from Moscow
My magical moment was when i saw her eyes, and when i heard her voice…
I don’t know how to start, it was a very important magical moment that I needed so badly last week, I begged for it. It’s about one of my best friends that I didn’t realize how important she was until that moment. We have been living together for 5 years, I have a love, hate relationship with her. She never like to bath, keeping clean is out of the list, jumping on my bed without washing her feet are things that she likes to do all the time to drive me crazy. She would only come to me when she wants something, waiting for me to cook outside the kitchen quietly as she knows she can definitely be rewarded. Wake me up with her noisy steps at nights also one of her best skills. However she has been the best mate to calm the violence fights I had. Though she was terrified whenever there is a civil war, but she always give us her love for comforting. She has always been the first who come to greet me with her bright smiley face when I get home but unfortunately she is also the first victim when I had my bad days. Lately, she has been sleeping a lot more. She couldn’t hear when I open the door. Until last week she was very ill, she fell on the floor suddenly and could not get back up to walk again. She had a hard time to catch her breathe. She was sent to hospital and forced to stayed for 24 hours. Doctor was not optimistic at her illness. I cried a river during that 24 hours, couldn’t remember if I had cried so much before. I tried very hard to suppress the drip wouldn’t stop. It was worst than the broke up with my first love. I don’t know why, I think I cannot hide it anymore, she has become very important to me. When I return home a few times that day, my friend and I was thinking the same, we were pouring immediately when we stepped into the house; no one was waiting for us, no greetings, no lovely hugs. Cause she was in ICU fighting for her breath. My tears couldn’t stop. When I start praying, I started to feel this is not her time yet she needs to be with me even if it is only a day. I need her in my life, I need her sunshine smile, hugs and unconditional love! Let me know also give my best to her in return. My prayers were answered. The doctor called the next day, saying, ‘she is drinking, eating and walking now!’ That moment meant the world to me. I am so grateful to have another chance to be with her again. I can’t believe this is coming from me. This furry friend has become one of the most important company in my life. Now she is still fighting with her disease, I am sure she will win over it
loving someone is hard, but, there are so much to receive and learn from her love..
Treasure health, treasure love we receive..
I’m 19 years old. You would think with just that I would have a ton of magic moments. How wrong that is. I just found this site while surfing the net and I read about these magic moments and thought if I had any today or at all recently. I would say that if I did have a magic moment, it would have been when I saw a good friend of mine today and I talked to her about a few things that were on my mind. To have her just listen to me and show that she cared about what I said did help me. I am dealing with a lot in my life, actually I have been dealing with a lot for about 13 years now which is crazy. It’s a very rare thing for me to tell someone what is on my mind. I’m studying Human Services at the local community college. All my life I have taken care of and helped people. It’s all I know, all I ever do. I don’t mind because at the end of the day I see someone changing their life to make it better for them. Makes me feel like I’ve made a difference one person at a time. Maybe my magic momentin a day is that, but at the end of the day, I am numb and dead inside. Because people need me, it is my magic to do what I do. I wouldn’t change it for the world.
Mickey