I've never, so far up to now, had myself sufficiently organized to start to build a habit of thank you notes with Liam. If I'm being honest, my own track record for written thank you notes, which 7-8 years ago was pretty reliable and natural, has fallen by the wayside more than I would like. Same with my ability to remember most birthdays and other memorable days with sufficient clarity or advance warning to do much about it. Another change.
A digression: both these things fell away when Will first started getting really sick. There were all these appointments and treatment so get through, and trying to understand it all so I could be a helpful and responsible advocate took so much bandwidth, really it took all I had left after work. And for pity's sake that was just me. I wasn't sick, or facing painful and unpleasant treatments, or confronted so baldly with the uncertainty of my life span and future. I shudder whenever I think about what it must have taken from Will, and remain amazed at how resilient he was.
So Liam is working on thank you notes these days. I outline the letters and he colors them in. This note is for his lovely school teacher who gifted him a piece of rose quartz. On the inside he tends to draw a picture. These days trees are popular.
On the back he writes his name and I usually write a short note. We've made 3 or 4 so far and I hope to continue.
1 comment:
That's lovely, Elizabeth. I used to do that with The Teenager, too. And then, every once in a while, when he had a LOT to do at once, I would have him draw a card in marker and we would photocopy it for him to simply colour in each one differently. You're such a good mom.
Love,
Maddy
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