The Ordinary Days

"Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are let me learn from you, love you, bless you before you depart. Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow. Let me hold you while I may, for it may not always be so. One day I shall dig my nails into the earth, or barry my face in the pillow, or stretch myself taut, or raise my hands to the sky and want, more than all the world, your return." - Mary Jean Iron

I read this quote EARLY on in my parenting years. It REALLY made me think.

I am so thankful I took it to heart.

It is so true.

So many ORDINARY days in our life that COULD go unappreciated.We pay attention to the BIRTHS, the MARRIAGES, the SPECIAL EVENTS - yet sometimes we don't stop to take a moment to see what it going on around us and value the ordinary.

THIS QUOTE - helps me do that.

FOR ONE DAY.

I WILL want the ordinary days back - just for a moment.

The days that BOTH my children surrounded me.

The days of our youth.

The days of Brilliant Stuggle to build a business.

The days that we all just sat in silence. Together.

Do yourself a quick little favor.

Read the quote.

Enjoy the ordinary.

This picture resonates an ordinary day, yet is priceless to me.

Absolutely PRICELESS.

Never again that young.

Yet CAUGHT forever in time.

PERFECT.

Amanda & Ryan (November 2005)