On a whim I decided to spruce up Big C’s room a few weeks ago while he was gone for a week at a camp. His space was a dumping ground and I was hoping a facelift might inspire him to keep it a little more tidy.
He has a large wall space right above his bed that needed a statement piece of artwork. I started searching for a quote to put there – something to motivate my boy in life. I looked online, in books, in the scriptures and even polled my friends on Facebook to try to find the perfect quote, all to no avail.
Then when I was cleaning out the world’s dirtiest teenager desk, I came across twelve sheets of lined notebook paper folded up and shoved back in a corner of a drawer.* They were filled with quote after inspirational quote, all handwritten by my son. I had NO IDEA that my son loved inspirational quotes.
I decided to wait until he got home from the camp to have him help choose a quote and make the artwork since he clearly had an idea of what he liked.
Want to know what he picked? Here it is:
We’re both very pleased with how it turned out. Tomorrow I’ll explain why he picked this quote and how we made the piece.
Do you have a favorite quote that could motivate a teen?
*{If you want to talk about why I was going through my kid’s desk without him, we can talk about our family’s “Complete Transparency” policy later.}
6 comments:
It is an awesome work of art!
My favorite part is that you let him pick the quote.
My second favorite part is the graphic black & white contrast.
The room looks FABULOUS, very boy PC and inspiring.
Well done, actually more than well done.
HIs room looks so grown up! I suppose the rooms have to grow up along with our children. I would love to hear more about your complete transparency policy. =)
Love it! We have the same type of policy, I would love to hear more about yours.
Love it! Can't wait to see how it was made AND about your policy. I think I have that policy, but we never actually titled it. Seems like its more formal when you give it a name. I like it. :-)
Looking forward to hear the rest of the story and to know how you did it. I really like the quote he chose.
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