fish

on friday, elias' dance teacher, miss celine, told me that elias said he was going to get his mommy a special christmas present.
the one he told her he'd chosen reflected the fact that elias is very thoughtful.
he pays a lot of attention to other people and their interests and is able to devise presents peculiarly suited to such interests.
at least he is able to do so with regard to his mommy.
for most of this school year, he would draw a picture nearly every day at school that said 'i love mommy'
with himself and his stick-figure mother. recently, pictures of fish have been creeping in more, but i'm sure he's not trying to replace her pescatorially. the funny part is that he doesnt complain about missing her when he's at school, except very rarely; he just expresses it with a picture, daily, ritualistically, which must make it feel better. well-adapted.