My wife was going through the boy's daily school papers from his backpack and in there was a big 11x17" piece of yellow construction paper.
She pulled it out and opened it up. The paper was divided with a line down the middle.
On one side, at the top, he had written "Needs". On the other side, he wrote "Wants".
On the "needs" side, he had cutout pictures of things like a house, water, food, clothing, etc.
On the "wants" side, he had pictures of a cruise ship, money, jewelry, etc.
Then, right in the middle, stuck right on the line between both sides he had placed a cut out picture of a box of Tampax tampons.
My wife was giggling and asking me what it may be. We guessed all sorts of things but wasn't really getting anywhere.
Curiosity finally got to us so I called the boy into the kitchen. I said "Hey, this thing is pretty cool, can you tell me about it?" He was like "Oh yeah, these are needs ..." and he named all the needs. Then he said "These are wants ...." and named all the wants. My wife and I are looking at each other like "OK, be strong, here it comes". Finally, he pointed at the tampons and said, "I put the medicine on the line because it is kind of both a need, and a want".
Our son did something similar, where they take their name and use each letter. That thing is floating around the the archives somewhere in the basement. (I've got boxes of each couple of years) I used to have tons of stuff but, every once in a while, I sift a bit more out. I think I've got the "esscence" of the body of work.
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All I wanted was a Pepsi, and SHE wouldn't Give it to me.
I wish I had that kind of thing from my kids, but Jeremy was 13 and Chris was 10 by time I came into their lives, so the really cute stuff was already done. I just have the little video and audio clips in my mind that make me really appreciate being their mom.
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That which does not kill me postpones the inevitable.
"Tell me, does it move you, Does it soothe you, Does it fill your heart and soul with the roots of rock & roll? When you can't get through it you can listen to it with a 'na na na na', Well I've been there before" -"Been There Before" by Hanson
Now you really need to keep that for posterity sake.
