The Courage Of Very Ordinary People Is

The Courage Of Very Ordinary People Is All That Stands Between Us And The Dark.

A Bag Of Apples, A Pot Of Homemade Jam, A Scribbled Note, A Bunch Of Golden Flowers, A Coloured Pebble, A Box Of Seedlings, An Empty Scent Bottle For The Children. . . . Who Needs Diamonds And Van-delivered Bouquets?

If Your Sister Is In A Tearing Hurry To Go Out And Cannot Catch Your Eye, She's Wearing Your Best Sweater.

A Younger Sister Is Someone To Use As A Guinea-pig In Trying Sledges And Experimental Go-carts. Someone To Send On Messages To Mum. But Someone Who Needs You - Who Comes To You With Bumped Heads, Grazed Knees, Tales Of Persecution. Someone Who Trusts You To Defend Her. Someone Who Thinks You Know The Answers To Almost Everything.

Mothers Are The Pivot On Which The Family Spins, Mothers Are The Pivot On Which The World Spins.