Expressing via Drawing November 13, 2009
Posted by Zara's Mama in : Zara, development , trackbackOne day, Zara handled an expensive toy lizzard roughly and torn a big piece of fabric where a sucker was glued to the palm of of the lizzard.
I was really upset. Although I bought it during a sale, it’s still none the less expensive. I told her “From now onwards, I won’t buy you any more toys!”. I could see she was upset as well with my reaction, but she didn’t say anything.
I went to our bed room and did some reading. Zara came in, with trembling voice (not from fear but rather on the verge of crying) she said, “It’s ok, you don’t have to buy me any more toys. I don’t want any.” and before I could say anything, she walked away.
Then 2 mins later, she came back in holding a sticker, with tears in her eyes, she said, “Actually I wanted to give you this. But now I won’t.” Again, she walked out of the room before I could react. I didn’t go after her either, because the book I was a page turner.
Another 10 mins later, Zara walked back in with a drawing. She just gave it to me, and walked out of the room. Below is her drawing.
You can see that she has drawn me crossing her out in my thoughts, and both the love next to our names being crossed out, she said it shows that we don’t love each other any more.
After looking at the drawing, I went out and saw her standing at the door sobbing. I told her I didn’t really mean what I said, and I was angry but now I forgave her for breaking the toy. She asked me, “Do you still love me?” I told her “Of course.” She asked me to wait, and she went back to the table to draw, and 5 minutes later, she came back with this.
She said now we have a lot of love for each other, and both of us are happy
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Oh so adorable!
wow .. she was very good on expressing her mood and idea tru drawings .. is true … sometime is hard to talk face to face .. maybe drawing show it all to u … so sweet of her …
but i love the way she express her feeling ….
Nice drawing~~~~~~~~~~~
Very clear drawing on how she feels…
wow… she is really very smart
so sweet
You must really send her for art classes. She will be able to express herself even better. It’s really sweet how she does it.
aaawwwwwwwwwwwwww ~~~
what a gifted daughter you have … she is so expressive and creative!
so proud of her.
Very creative communication. At least she gets through to you.
this is so sweet! and she really express herself well.
You brought her up well…
She is one sensitive and creative girl. I love her drawing very much because it was drawn with so much love!
be thankful Zara can out her feelings so well.
cherish her as who she is and not so much of the toy she may or may not have.
she is the special jewel in your heart and I can sense it since day 1 getting to see her in thru’ your eyes.
she will a great child and for sure Zaria will have herself a great and lovely elder sister.
take care and kiss both of them for me.
She is very good in expressing herself. You have raised her well.
Eh.. where is your hubby in the pic no 1? only see you, her and Zaria.
she can express herself extremely well n she is reli mature for her age!
hahahah cute la!
I love her drawing. She is cute…
Definitely expressive! She was so touched by what you said..
wow zara is really a genius la….a gem….got to be very careful with your words with her…alamak…so stressful..
Zara oh Zara. I just love her drawing. It really speak up her mind…
What a heart-warming story! So sad about the cross-out loves…good that this story ends nicely…
This is so sweet. she’s so full of expression and emotions. very very smart and cute!
Wow!
Dear lord, she’s impressive and expressive!
Wow she really is expressive with her sketches
If I remember correctly what I learned in Psychology class years ago, children express themselves best through drawings – you can actually check their emotions from what they draw. Zara’s 2 drawings are classic examples!