Tough Decisions
In every mother’s life at one point, we say enough is enough. That cute little memory box you so eagerly bought to store all your children’s artwork. It is now bursting at the seams!! Then next, comes child number 2!! You know you must mentally prepare yourself to do that one evil thing that every parent dreads. You must do the process of elimination.
To The Trash
How do you decide which of these treasured, Picasso masterpieces do you keep??!! They are all so special. Especially when you have a super talented artistic child.
Now it is time for me to put on big mommy pants and narrow down all their colorful artwork creations that had accumulated over the years. The ones that will not make the cut will now be permanently destroyed and discarded into the trash can.
As I stacked up the other one’s to put in my mom’s forever home, the memory box. I saw my child with a look of horror painted on her face. She just saw her precious, crinkled up Thanksgiving turkey discarded into the trash can. Just like it was a piece of trash. My heart shredded at that moment. I felt so guilty. Worse than whatever I could have done to that paper turkey. If she only knew how hard it was to make a multitude of such harsh decisions. But the look in her eyes had said it all.
I broke my baby girl’s little heart.
I hugged her.
I tried to explain. But her face said she was crushed. She felt betrayed.
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Let It Go
But as days went on. My guilt melted away.
I told myself, it had to be done. When children go to preschool, all the way through elementary. They bring home like 4 million art projects!! Now multiply that number by how many children you have. You could easily wallpaper your house!!
For my sanity and to bring relief I had to organize their artwork, even if it was only temporary. It is already bad enough that I am a very sentimental person. I have collected every single greeting card since I was a child.
On To The Next Battle
Honestly, I will never forget that look in her eyes, but 10 years from now I cannot wait to gift her back that precious art collection that I did manage to save.
Next battle is toys. But I will save that for another day~
