An artist in the making
I am a terrible artist. My drawing abilities ceased to develop at about third grade. Hence, my portfolio is limited: Butterflies, turtles, sun, birds (the ones that look like an "m" flying in the sky), trees and flowers.
My parents, bless them, never made me feel like I couldn't draw. They kept every painfully ugly card I designed for Mother's Day, Father's Day, Christmas, Easter, Valentine's and birthdays. A few years ago, my mother sent me a package full of cards I had made on construction paper as a child. Without dates on them, I really couldn't decipher if I was five or 15 when I drew them. Yes, I'm that bad.
My son, who is not yet three years old, will soon surpass my skills -- and he can't even write yet. I've begun a stash in my closet of all the "projects" he has worked on at day care. Some are little more than an errant crayon streak across a page. But I can't bear to part with them. Perhaps it's my inner hope that he will not inherit his mother's art handicap.
For this Mother's Day, maybe, just maybe, I'll get a piece of paper with a few colorful lines. And I'll be proud.
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