My daughter made a simple observation. She pointed out something that struck her in some way, something she wanted to share. I didn’t need to take that moment and “make it into something” of my own design. I didn’t need to enrich her observation, to repackage it with a lot of information or praise or verbiage, and hand it back to her, with my stamp on it, or ribbons attached. As her father, I don’t have to make every moment a “teaching moment,” or even a “special moment.” I can often just notice.
