day fourteen | appreciate

prompt: appreciate
What's the one thing you have come to appreciate most in the past year? How do you express gratitude for it?
(Author: Victoria Klein)

I have truly come to appreciate my children as individuals. They are all so different from each other. They teach me, every day, how to raise them. There is some commonality in our household, but they've taught me to appreciate the individuals they are becoming in ways unique to each of them. I express my gratitude for the challenges posed by learning as much about their interests as possible. By being better informed I can ask them relevant questions, perhaps push their knowledge and curiosity as well as build a firm foundation for a more evolving relationship with each of them.