As I was cleaning out some of the kids papers from school the other day, I came across this. It was a card Brayden made at school right before the holidays. What appeared to be a very inappropriate drawing for an 8 year old, was actually a menorah. (What IS it with boys and their phalic drawings?) He was learning about different winter holidays at school and had made a Hannukah card. When I read the letter inside, I was amazed by his choice of words. I don't know if you can tell, but the last line says "You have light shining in your heart". (Well, actually it says "You have light shinning in your heart", but what's one extra 'n'?) How touching! Two thoughts were running through my mind as I read that - A. My son MUST be a gifted writer and B. I must be one heck of a mom for him to say that about me.
I was so touched, I gave him a huge hug and thanked him for writing me such a nice letter. When I asked him what made him think to write that, his reply was "We had to use the word 'light' in our card".
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