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Quote of the Week
"Time stands still best in moments that look suspiciously like ordinary life." - Brian Andreas from "Trusting Soul"
When Ordinary Becomes Extraordinary
"No matter the moment, our ordinary, common, everyday lives deserve to be remembered fondly. These moments deserve an esteemed place on our t0-do lists. We must continue to strive to elevate the ordinary to extraordinary.[...] Often, these moments are baby steps to the bigger milestones. Often, they are the tiniest moments that bring a smile to our faces. Often, these are fleeting moments that would go otherwise unnoticed.
Today, they are gigantic because we shined our lights on them, we let our eyes wash over them with awe and wonder and we let the true beauty of our ordinary lives become the extraordinary moments that they have always been." [read more]
Reading Corner
 Guess How Much I Love You
By: Sam McBratney
Ages: 2-4
"A simple and beautiful story of Little Nutbrown Hare who wants very much to impress Big Nutbrown Hare with the enormous scale of his devotion, but ends up being the one who's impressed. Searching for words to tell his dad how much he loves him (and to put off bedtime just an eentsy bit longer), Little Nutbrown Hare comes up with one example after another ("I love you as high as I can hop!"), only to have Big Nutbrown Hare continually up the ante. Finally, on the edge of sleep, he comes up with a showstopper: "I love you right up to the moon." (Dad does top this declaration too, but only after his little bunny falls asleep.)". This book truly weaves an ordinary moment into an extraordinary feeling of love and warmth. A book that teaches so much about looking at a moment like it never was. And yet it continues... as long as it lasts.
Recommended by Meghna Agrawal
Be The Change
How about each of you, (the parent and the child) write your AHA moments of the week and slide it under each one's pillow to be read first thing on a Sunday morning. It will be a wonder for both of you to 'see' the world, beauty and simplicity through each one's eyes! You could even go ahead and collect these memories in a little box and review them at the end of a year. That's 52 pure, simple moments of joy!
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