Recently my daughter has been asking to start a blog of her own. As we have the ability to make it private and only let specific people read it, we agreed.
I spent an hour or so one Saturday helping her set up the mechanics of a blog. I tried to be as hands-off as possible, to let her be in charge. I kept reminding myself it was her blog, not mine.
She had been working on her first post for a while when I happened to glance down and see what she named her blog- “An Extraordinary Girl”. That made me smile. Then I paused and reflected.
When I was thinking of what to name my blog and what I wanted it to be known by, I wanted people to know that I’m no one extraordinary. I’m just a Mom who has a passion for writing and social justice. Anyone could be writing words similar to mine but I am the one standing up (virtually) and saying them. I’m just “An Ordinary Mom”, and that’s okay. Ordinary Mom’s can do extraordinary things.
It struck me however how completely opposite her blog name was to the one I had chosen. “An Extraordinary Girl”, it made me smile. It made me happy to realize she thinks of herself in that way. The world will be telling her soon enough that she isn’t. I love her confidence in herself and who she is with that statement. She is extraordinary. There is no one else out there like her. She’s a daughter of God, a person of great worth. I hope she keeps this close to her heart as she grows and experiences life. It reminds me that I too am extraordinary in my own right and not just “An Ordinary Mom”.
I just loved reading this! Thank you so much for sharing! Blessings! 🙂
Thank you for your kind words.
You’re most welcome!
What a wonderful idea! I love the fact that your daughter looks up to you enough to want to start her own blog. She has a great mentor!
Thank you.
I love that you’ve encouraged your daughter to start a blog and that’s a great name that she chose! It is encouraging to remember that no matter how ordinary we may feel we are all extraordinary in God’s eyes! Visiting from Sunday Thoughts.
Thank you. That really is why I wrote this post. Realizing we are all extraordinary in God’s eyes.
I loved this post for two reasons:
1) May your daughter always know to the depths of her heart she is extraordinary. Not because she thinks so or because someone may have told her so. But because God created her so. Truth.
2) This post goes to prove that while we may feel like ordinary moms, there isn’t anything ordinary about motherhood. In the dailyness of life, we are doing the extraordinary >> bringing up the next generation.
Blessings to you both!
Thank you for your kind words.
Oh, I loved reading this! What a beautiful post and you must be thrilled to see your daughter take this step to write her own blog. And I love the name she picked. Blessings to you both! I’m your neighbor at #SundayThoughts.
Thank you Gayl. It does make me happy to see her doing this. I found out today that she’s the class speller, every time someone doesn’t know how to spell something they ask her. I didn’t realize she was that good at spelling. She replied to me, “Well, I do kind of read the dictionary.” She said that she does it so she can learn to write better. It makes my heart sing. Thanks for reading.
This is brilliant and well done for your daughter setting herself up a blog. I love how she has chosen the name “Extraordinary Girl” for her first post. It’s great to see and hear girls being independent, yet also showing that they are not just the norm. Thanks for linking up at #fortheloveofBLOG. Claire x
Thanks for reading!