Special moment of grandma teaching Elias

My Grandma, the ETERNAL teacher !

My son, had just went online to PBS.ORG & looked at a " how to guide " on how to draw one of his FAVORITE cartoon characters Arther. He came in and showed us, and frankly I was astounded, I had never seen him draw like that, and neither had my grandma. My grandma said " Bring your drawing over here for a minute, I want to show you something." When he did, she grabbed the pencil as if it was 30 years ago, about to correct a paper, and she says " Now it's important to ALWAYS sign your name to any paper, or work you do. " Elias shows off a bit, and writes his name in cursive which was self taught. She leans in, and says " And when it's REALLY special like this one, you can do this." She then drew a big heart around his name, Boy oh boy did that ever make my son happy =)

He starts to get up, when she says " Oh no no you aren't finished yet. " Elias looks puzzled and said " I'm not ? " again, the teacher comes out and I marvel at how Alzheimer's can take MANY things away but teaching was so much apart of who she was/is, that it is VERY apparent. she says " Now you can't just sign your name, you need to write the date at the top. " Elias smiles, and said " Would it help if I put the time down too? " She winks at me, then at him, and says " Well sure, nothing says you can't do that "

So, below is the picture, it might as well of been Picasso for all the attention we gave it =)

But it was truly a special moment, because in that instant, she was not just an " Alzheimer's patient "

She was a grandma, great grandma, and a teacher.

Now was I lying when I said this is good ? I think it is, but alas I am his mother =) ~ Z