By no surprise, one of her favorite classes in school is Art. This last year she was even selected as a member of the after school Art Club. She is always excited to share her experiences working with some of the new mediums that Art Club allowed the kids to experiment with.
Over the years, our Brown Eyed Girl has been selected to share her artwork as a part of several art shows and displays. This last winter she had a foil project selected.
This mom got a little misty eyed when she saw the piece.
Titled "Love For A Mother"
Every year the school's staff get's together to select one piece of artwork from one student in each grade that will hang in the Library forever. In January it was announced that our Brown Eyed Girl was selected out of all the students in 5th Grade.
Just days before the rest of the world would change around us, our last "normal" activity was to attend the evening dedication ceremony for the artists and their pieces that were selected.
The school's lovely Art Teacher gave a little introduction of our Brown Eyed Girl and an explanation of the piece she had completed. The assignment was to take a shape and repeating it over and over again. She had drawn a friendly monster utilizing a square as the base of her design.
Together they unveiled the piece.
I was such a proud momma!
My Brown Eyed Girl's most favorite teacher in her school was by far the school's Librarian. Since she was in Kindergarten, she has talked non-stop about this special woman. In second grade when the mean girl dynamics plagued her classmates, our little girl really struggled. The Librarian, seeing that she was needing a bit more, started joining her at lunch periodically and taking the time to check in with her. The Librarian said our Brown Eyed Girl would just glow whenever she would sit with her in the cafeteria.
Over the years the Librarian became an incredible mentor to our Brown Eyed Girl and in 4th and 5th grade they had regular monthly lunch dates together, sometimes with 1-2 other students. They had many conversations about goals, dreams, reading and stories, being good friends, kindness and helping others. Our Brown Eyed Girl so looked forward to these lunch dates.
That night, the Librarian pulled me aside and confessed that while she has the privileged to get to know all of the students as the "Librarian", only a few students come along now and then that truly inspire you, touch your heart and leave a lasting impression. She said our daughter was one of those special students. She said our daughter was one that rekindles you that fire inside as an educator and makes all the other day-to-day struggles worth while. She said she had a big influence in which art pieces were selected - as they hang in her Library. She smiled and said there was no question who's artwork she wanted to look at every day knowing she would be losing our Brown Eyed Girl to Middle School next year. And with that her eyes filled with tears she said, "Thank you so much for the opportunity to know, teach, and love your daughter - almost as if she was one of my one. I am sure going to miss this girl"
We hope her artwork hangs in the school for many years and we hope it continues to bring a smile to our friend, the Librarian.
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