Message From My Daughter

So… during basketball season… our manager, Anna, would sit by me on the bench. After Christmas, I told her about Nana drawing with charcoals. I told her about how I wanted to buy her charcoals so she would draw again. I told Anna about how Nana won’t draw anymore because she used to draw… when Papa was sick. (I was telling Anna all of this because she likes to draw and mentioned she likes charcoals the best)…….. All that being said… Anna gave me the most beautiful charcoal drawing of a basketball on a wooden floor. It is framed and really big. You can tell that she put time into it and really wanted it to be pretty. When I opened it in class today, I was so surprised…… and told her it was beautiful. She smiled at me and said, “I drew that because of the story you told me about your grandma.” I bawled like a little kid. Just that the story would influence her, and inspire her to draw that for me. It is awesome. I had forgotten that we even talked about drawing……. She didn’t. That story meant something to her. And that is why people teach.