We were in the garden when it happened. I was busy pulling weeds, feeling very proud of how neat everything was becoming. Sienna, meanwhile, was carefully carrying something in her cupped hands.
“Yiayia,” she said softly, “this flower fell over. It just needs help.”
Inside her hands was the tiniest bent daisy I had just pulled from the soil.
I paused. I looked at the neat rows of tidy garden beds. And then I looked at that fragile little flower.
“We can try,” I told her.
We tucked it back into the dirt, pressed the soil gently around its stem, and gave it a drink of water. It stood for a moment… then leaned again.
Sienna grinned.
“It’s trying,” she said.
So often, we look at the world and decide what belongs and what does not. Children look at the world and simply decide what needs care.
That little flower didn’t survive the week — but the lesson did.
Sometimes helping isn’t about fixing something perfectly. Sometimes it’s about showing up with gentle hands and saying, “I see you trying.”
With a full heart,
Yiayia 🌼
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