Treasures

In my attempt yet again to clean Evan's room, I realized that many of his "treasures" are things that belonged to my dad. His ID badge from OSU, a photo of him from the '60s in his lab, Misha the Bear, the Olympic mascot from the 1980 Olympics (US boycotted these games but my parents went to the Soviet Union in 1980 and picked this up) and my dad's box. This box was on my dad's dresser ever since I was a little girl. So now it's Evan's treasure box. He has a few other things of my dad's in it. I am so thankful that Evan had a relationship with my father and while he was only 4 1/2 when Dad died, he really remembers him and grieves for him at times but knows and acknowledges what a special man he was. It warms my heart to know that all these things mean something to Evan and probably will forever.