Lucas with his 2nd birthday cake - September 2009
This morning as I was driving home from dropping the boys off at preschool, I remembered that every childhood should be filled with magic. I was thinking about a three year old boy I know who is so bravely enduring chemotherapy for leukemia. I desperately want his mind soaring with thoughts of good guys fighting bad guys, pirates on adventures, superheroes and all of the other excitement that makes little boy eyes sparkle. I was digging deep thinking about ways to engage him in the fantastic when I remembered that I have that power in my own children's lives as well.
When I was growing up, we had a friend of the family named Tom, who was our Peter Pan. He was endlessly creative and must have had a punchcard at Kinkos for all of the personalized books and games he made for me and Josh. For example, he once produced a booklet for me that said that the President had declared it 'National Adrianne Galvin' day. Inside the booklet was the menu for an honorary dinner and a key taped to the page. I was to take the key to a bank building and unlock a prize vault. I'm sure it took some time for him to put it together, but it made me feel so special that day and created a lasting positive memory.
So, now as I brainstorm creative ways to distract our friend's little boy, I'm including my own children in my thoughts. Where can Charlie and I swoop in with an added dose of creativity and create magic they'll remember?
