tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27254015.post4177002533424911104..comments2024-03-09T10:15:11.266+13:00Comments on Unravelling: If You Think Failing Art in First Grade is Bad...Meghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01350447919000146804noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27254015.post-19178390593044613982008-06-20T07:57:00.000+12:002008-06-20T07:57:00.000+12:00Gee, I'm really feeling sorry for my 7-year-old se...Gee, I'm really feeling sorry for my 7-year-old self now. I never thought of that time, except I was getting on with my new life. And because I was a big sister, I wasn't allowed to show fear, etc., because it would inconvenience Mama. Then of course when I started Junior High, my brother was born and that was a mix of elation and abandonment... I wrote about that, too. <BR/><BR/>Oh, no, I don't want to fall into THAT hole...Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350447919000146804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27254015.post-65864254715988318932008-06-20T07:53:00.000+12:002008-06-20T07:53:00.000+12:00That 7-year-old certainly learned quickly to fend ...That 7-year-old certainly learned quickly to fend for herself. I'd say she became much too precautious; Mama thought she was much too spoiled when she was 3 and 4 and 5 and 6.<BR/><BR/>I see a kid with a soft marshmallow face on her first day of school in the class pic, and something inside her changed kind of quickly in the first few months. I can't remember much; I don't even remember if I liked school. <BR/><BR/>Compared to young Arthur, I sure had no legitimate outlet for my fears/anger/frustration/whatever. And my sister was born 5 months before I started school, so Mom pretty much had no time for me. <BR/><BR/>Boy, my dark ages, eh, Lynne.Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350447919000146804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27254015.post-12837008165134598512008-06-20T00:04:00.000+12:002008-06-20T00:04:00.000+12:00I want to snuggle up with that little 7 year old a...I want to snuggle up with that little 7 year old and start reading books. Books from Mexico and Japan and Brazil and England and Holland. Let her learn languages and places at her own pace. Explore the world from a cozy safe corner of the universe. And before you know it she will be soaring about the universe finding more and more fascinating things with every step and conversation.<BR/><BR/>Oh, but you've already done that Meg, you just had to be brave and do it yourself. <BR/><BR/>Perhaps you should find a seven year old, teach her your secret and help her uncover the joys of reading?<BR/><BR/>Here is one of my *favorite* inspirationally artistic blogs. I think you will like today's entry about artist Arthur Simo<BR/>http://elsita.typepad.com/elsita/2008/06/someone-extra-s.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com