Make the ordinary come alive...

As grandmother to Cash, Colby, Grey, and Grahm this struck a chord with me. How I love them all. How I want them to enjoy to the fullest an ordinary life, knowing the extraordinary will indeed take care of itself.

Do not ask your children
to strive for extraordinary lives.
Such striving may seem admirable,
but it is the 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.

~ The Parent’s Tao Te Ching by William Martin

ThrowBack Thursday ~ Throwing rocks...

Cash liked to throw rocks in the stream by our home in Hidden Oaks. We have so many wonderful memories of spending time with our first grandson. The past fourteen years have gone by so fast.