I completely missed the boat on this year’s Slice of Life Challenge with Ruth and Stacey at Two Writing Teachers. It’s March; It’s Slice of Life. I didn’t make the connection and I must have zoomed past their call for writers in my RSS or something. Thanks to my friend, Bonnie, the Slice of Life is back on my radar but I think I will only do it periodically.
What is Slice of Life? It’s a feature in which folks write about a small part of their day, and then share it out. It could be a little nugget of something that seems larger in reflection. It could be something that happened. It could be a quiet moment. It could be whatever you want it to be.
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I was reading the newspaper yesterday morning, when my youngest son (6 years old) came up and jammed a piece of paper in front of me. He had dug it out of his kindergarten backpack.
“What’s this?” I asked.
“My very first comic,” he answered slowly, proudly, closing his eyes and raising his head for dramatic effect.
I took a look. Before I could ask, he said, “It’s Star Wars and Batman. See?”
He then went into the whole story behind the picture, which (to be honest) I had a bit of a difficult time following. But I nodded my head, pointed out various elements of the comic and gently encouraged his excitement.
“Great job,” I said, hugging him.
“I know,” he said, walking away, leaving me with the comic.
Peace (in the sharing),
Kevin
Loved his parting shot – he knows he’s onto something good!
Yeah.
It’s a little bit of a 6 year old ‘tude!
🙂
Isn’t it wonderful the confidence your little one has in his ability to create! That is evidence of powerful teaching in his class and home support. How encouraging!
What a lovely moment of total self-confidence and trust that you will appreciate the dramatic importance of this first cartoon!
I think that you received a very large gift this am. What a good way to begin the day, & the fact that you captured it in writing is important, too.
And where does that artistic confidence come from? Great parental modeling!
Bonnie
I absolutely love this slice. I have been basking in the joys of watching and observing my daughter’s development as writers. I especially enjoyed you capturing the way that he presented his comic to you – my favorite paragraph was the one with the “dramatic effect line”.
Confidence in comics. He is off to a great start as a writer. Wondered where you were Kevin. I enjoy your posts with the comic and technology aspects.
Thanks
You know that line in Horton: “I am here … I am here … I am here ..”
That’s me.
I am here.
🙂
Kevin
I love that he said it was his very first comic, implying that there are many more to come. He has a plan! Can’t wait to read his first graphic novel when he gets to that point!
Love this slice! So glad you are joining us!