I absolutely love the picture that Liam created of our family. During one of his meetings, his teacher mentioned to me, “Liam loves his family!” We talked about how he can sometimes become a distraction to himself, and she often finds herself asking, “Liam, what is taking you so long?” He really struggles with attention span! While doing homework, he stands sideways on his chair, writes sloppily on purpose, or writes the wrong answers even when I know he knows the correct ones. It seems like he enjoys wasting time, or maybe that’s just his way of being playful and silly.

However, today he spent some focused time drawing this picture, and his teacher is right: “Liam loves his family, and that’s more important than anything else!” He values his family so much and loves being together at home. When one of us is not at the dinner table, he feels like we aren’t really having dinner and its not dinner time.

At the age of 6 he already knows what’s important to him. I hope he always remembers that as he continues on his great big journey of life.