Extraordinary

It is the greatest privilege to watch these two girls grow.

Read this a while back, but have, aptly, returned to it on Mothering Sunday.

Do not ask your children
to strive for extraordinary lives.
Such striving may seem admirable,
But it is a way of foolishness.
Help them instead to find the wonder
And the marvel of an ordinary life.
Show them the joy of tasting
Tomatoes, apples and pears.
Show them how to cry when pets and people die.
Show them the infinite pleasure
In the touch of a hand.
And make the ordinary come alive for them.
The extraordinary will take care of itself.