The world sees milestones. Heaven sees the love behind them.

• The nights you stayed awake worrying.
• The sacrifices you never talked about.
• The prayers whispered over their sleeping head.
• The moments you held yourself together before walking back into the room.

The love woven into a thousand ordinary days.

– Jacqueline Whitney

• The times you chose patience when you were already exhausted.
• The apology you gave after losing your temper.
• The way you kept trying after a hard day.
• The tears you cried where nobody could see.
• The fears you carried quietly so they wouldn’t have to.
• The mornings you got up anyway.
• The boundaries you set because you loved them.
• The things you went without so they could have more.

• The times you prayed, “please let them be okay.”
• The times you prayed, “please help me get this right.”
• The way you showed up, over and over again.
• The love woven into a thousand ordinary days.

Jacqueline Whitney is the author Held: A 50 Day Devotional For Parents and All That You Deserve.