Finally we picked it up today. It's a painting with hand prints. Brody's looks way different. But he was saying over and over proudly that his was different from everyone else's. I, of course, told him that his was awesome and the best one. And it is.
I chatted with a couple teachers on the way out the door, letting them know we had located the infamous hand crab painting. One said to me quietly, "He was so sad at first that his hand crab looked different from the other kids but then we worked with him until he was so proud of himself."
It breaks my heart that he felt that way. And that he was sad and hurt. And it makes me so grateful for those teachers. But mostly it just makes me want to hug him for the next 14 years.
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3 comments:
That is an awesome hand crab. I want to hug of you - hell, throw Liam in there, too - for fourteen years.
That is without a doubt the most beautiful hand print I have ever seen. I wish they had cast it in bronze.
I love his teachers. I want to hug them.
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