Of course I think my kids are special...

... but it's a beautiful thing to get compliments about them. I don't take all the credit for what they are like. To be truthful, most of the time I feel I'm doing a pretty lousy job at being present, being loving, being patient - in all the mothering, I fall short. I'm way too task-oriented, forever planning and sorting things out, and in the process I forget to actually love and cherish my…