Pack Rat

The past two days I have spent time on what used to be my school room. I have thrown away 4 yes FOUR bags of garbage. I have kept every single piece of work Walker has ever done since Kindergarten. While it was hard to let go of somethings, others I couldnt figure out why in the world I would have saved every single piece of scratch paper. looking at four bags of accumulated papers I realized that I was keeping all this as some sort of "proof" that I do infact teach my child. No one in their right mind is ever going to ask to see every paper he has scribbled or written on - no one has ever asked for mine. The "proof" I need is in him. Anyone can plainly see after 5 minutes that he is a wonderful, creative and intelligent child. He has a very happy disposition and loves everyone. Those qualities in him are more enduring than any piece of paper ever could be. I am off now to tackle another abyss.