It is no surprise that my daughters are missing their Dad, in fact they miss him more and more each day.  I am in frequent communication with my daughter’s school teacher and school counselor. I am also trying to be more present in her school activities. I joined her for lunch on Friday afternoon and this really brightened her day.

In order to try to provide the best support at home, I asked my older daughter what helps her feel better when she is sad and she said she likes drawing.  This is no surprise, they both like drawing or scribbling. Following a play date, the older one tends to draw something for her friends as a parting gift. In fact, she did the same for me after I met her for lunch at school.

I asked what products she wanted to further enable her interest and drawing and thanks to Crayola and Amazon they were ordered.  We spent a good bit of the weekend drawing and painting. My daughter even said it was better than watching TV or the iPad.

I recall when David started chemo the first time, walking down the hallways of the chemo suite, I noticed lots of drawings on display, it was there because it was perceived as therapeutic.  At that stage in our lives, I did not even want to look at them, not because I did not appreciate art but because I was afraid that people were drawing to remember a loved one, something I feared dearly.

I can say drawing with the girls this weekend was fun and hopefully therapeutic for all of us.