Grant

A year ago, I had a student  - a 4th grader, who impressed me.  I would come home day after day talking about this kid named Grant.  He was nine.  Kind, gentle, intelligent, chivalrous, athletic ... A PERFECT STUDENT.  He was the type of kid that teachers would fight over.

It didn't take me but ONE DAY to realize that although a 4.0 student, champion hockey goalie, and well liked by his peers - Grant had a creative side that was OUT OF CONTROL.

Day one: make your head out of construction paper.  Most students were unrecognizable and lacked in their ability to control a pair of scissors.  This was Grant's:

He later impressed me with graphic hands, amazing holiday art, castles with dragons, 

the Wright brothers connected to a paper plate for a book report...

 

So talented - and so well rounded.

At the end of the school year, Grant began to dabble with paint.  He offered to paint something for me.  I accepted, knowing that he was going to put everything he had into it.  I told him - Paint ANYTHING! ... Whatever he came up with, I was sure to LOVE!

He took a picture I had of my dogs home with him that day: 

Today, I received THE BEST GIFT A TEACHER COULD EVER GET

A Grant Original:

It's on a 16x20 canvas.  Signed, dated, and framed.

HE IS JUST BRILLIANT.  

I love it. 

I can't wait to see where his life leads.