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This is a sort of brag, rant, vent at the same time.
Andrew (my 8 yr old) has been working on writing a book for the last year. He had recently completed chapter 5 and the book to that point had nearly filled an entire notebook. This is, in my eyes, a huge accomplishment and something for us to definately be encouraging about. I told him that when he finished it, I would publish it for him (of course I wouldn't be running to Penguin books or anything....just a local company to make a copy for us). He wrote every couple of days and it took a YEAR for him to get that far.
Thomas THREW IT AWAY last week and it was never seen again.
Basically, he went up into the kid's rooms with a garbage bag to throw out old papers, etc and saw this tattered notebook and just tossed it without looking at it or asking (This is a chronic problem in our home and some of the other things that have been thrown away include $200 cash 
, the quilt that my grandmother sewed for me, a quilt that I made my daughter, a collectors item book that my mom bought me that cost nearly $100, my gel photos for my thesis...well...the list could go on and on.....) But I digress....
I was livid, beside myself, hysterical, hormonal...I let Thomas have it.
The next day, my son continued to look for his notebook and I finally approached him with the truth. He was devastated at first and then he said
"That's OK mommy. I have faith in myself. I wrote it once and I can write it again. This time I'm going to change things because I have some better ideas" 8O 8O I had chapter 1 typed into the computer already and so he went in and read it to figure out where he needed to start. I bought him a notebook and he has started again. He told me "this is my dream, and I will finish it". 8O 8O 8O
So that is my brag! I am so proud of his determination and the fact that he was able to get over this and actually start over. I honestly think that if I were him, I would have quit. He has really inspired me.
Kris
Andrew (my 8 yr old) has been working on writing a book for the last year. He had recently completed chapter 5 and the book to that point had nearly filled an entire notebook. This is, in my eyes, a huge accomplishment and something for us to definately be encouraging about. I told him that when he finished it, I would publish it for him (of course I wouldn't be running to Penguin books or anything....just a local company to make a copy for us). He wrote every couple of days and it took a YEAR for him to get that far.
Thomas THREW IT AWAY last week and it was never seen again.
Basically, he went up into the kid's rooms with a garbage bag to throw out old papers, etc and saw this tattered notebook and just tossed it without looking at it or asking (This is a chronic problem in our home and some of the other things that have been thrown away include $200 cash , the quilt that my grandmother sewed for me, a quilt that I made my daughter, a collectors item book that my mom bought me that cost nearly $100, my gel photos for my thesis...well...the list could go on and on.....) But I digress....I was livid, beside myself, hysterical, hormonal...I let Thomas have it.
The next day, my son continued to look for his notebook and I finally approached him with the truth. He was devastated at first and then he said
"That's OK mommy. I have faith in myself. I wrote it once and I can write it again. This time I'm going to change things because I have some better ideas" 8O 8O I had chapter 1 typed into the computer already and so he went in and read it to figure out where he needed to start. I bought him a notebook and he has started again. He told me "this is my dream, and I will finish it". 8O 8O 8O
So that is my brag! I am so proud of his determination and the fact that he was able to get over this and actually start over. I honestly think that if I were him, I would have quit. He has really inspired me.
Kris
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