Do You Need to See My ID?

One of the remarkable qualities of children is their capacity for enthusiasm/wonderment/awe over things that no longer spark such reactions (at least in such force) in the rest of us. This may arise, at least in part, from their (somewhat) limited life experience. Recently, the boys' limited life experience and their capacity for enthusiasm, etc. came together in a very nice way for me. A couple of days ago I drew several pictures of the boys. One might ask why I was drawing at all given the fact that I have no particular talent for drawing. Perhaps the reason is that I stubbornly refuse to accept that for the whole of my life I will not be able to draw (or sing, but that is another story), so I pick it up from time to time to check whether I have somehow acquired these illusive skills. I have not. Nevertheless, I showed the pictures to the boys. Both boys were very impressed. Really. Spencer is even willing to pay me a token for one of the pictures. And Michael exclaimed with much admiration, "You are going to be a famous artist when you grow up." That made me feel good.