looking

 Sometimes finding beauty is an easy thing to do.

It's always there to find

but you have to look for it.

It is no secret

that watching these two is one of my greatest joys.

Their relationship,

their bond,

it amazes me.

It is the single most beautiful thing that I think I have ever witnessed.

It is simple.

It is love.

It comes without conditions.

They just do.

Lately their growing friendship

has turned into real and proper playing together.

And I love nothing better than stumbling across these moments.

Where the beautiful boy and beautiful girl are having their own spontaneous moments of fun,

their own little giggle and tickle party.

The sort of party that up until now have always been started by mummy or daddy

but which now happen just as happily without us.

This tickle party was a noisy one.

A very, very noisy one.

There was squealing.

There was screeching.

There was hysterical laughter.

And I was on the phone . . .

But sometimes choosing to find the beauty in life is just more important than a phone call.

Sometimes if you look past the jobs that need doing, the errands that need running,

if you ignore the clock and the to-do list,

and the downright racket and chaos that two children can cause on a daily basis

then the beauty is right there all along.