top of page

Love in the Small Things


"We can do no great things, only small things with great love." Mother Teresa

Many days at Treefort it feels like we are doing small things...lots and lots and lots of small things.

It's really not unlike parenting your own children. We feed them, clothe them, help with homework, nag to get their chores done, create sticker charts to encourage them to make good choices, play a game with them...

deep breath...

feed them some more, insist they take a shower, give them a piggy back ride, break up an argument, tell them to share, go on a hike together, run to the store, tuck them into bed...

Exhausted yet?

Treefort parenting is hard work, but it's not like one big project is hard work. It's more like doing the same small things day after day after day is hard work. It doesn't feel huge, it doesn't feel big, it doesn't feel like that one great thing, because it is not! It is small things done day after day after day with great love and as American writer Willa Cather once said, "Where there is great love, there are always miracles."

Treefort parenting is rewarding, but again it's not like that big reward at the end of a pro