everything is fake. everything in the world is fake. the grass on the football field isn’t even grass…it’s plastic […] all the people are fake. they’re made of material. but I like you…and that’s not fake
I got an A;TLA themed card, a happy ‘Brithday’ card where I was putting flowers on a very large horse, a picture of me in the middle of the city with an ent (?) and my youngest wrote her name (spelled wrong) on a piece of paper, put it on the floor and rolled on it (”to put hugs in it”).
But my favorite was my 8yo’s. For background, my kids know that I’m a World War One reenactor and have seen me in uniform at events. My wife is a former sex worker and works with several organizations to help get women off the street and to create safe, respectful environments for those who choose to continue working. I support her in this 100% and our kids know about this. Of course, their understanding of it depends on their age, but they have a general idea of what a prostitute is.
That explained, my daughter decided to make a drawing where I am standing defending a large group of sex workers from a bunch of WWI-era German soldiers. I initially did not have a weapon but when I pointed this out, she hastily drew a gun in my hand. The Germans are about 50% angry eyebrows and most of them aren’t armed either. The prostitutes seem pretty nonchalant about all this. They’re dressed extremely fancy, but not revealing. (She’s at the age where all women should wear glamourous sparkly dresses.) One of the sex workers seems to be growling? But I think maybe it’s a smile.
Honestly I think the whole thing was just an excuse to draw women in pretty dresses. She forgot to put anything inside.
I wish I could share this picture with you but I asked her and she said it would be too embarrassing. I respect her wishes so you’ll just have to imagine it yourself.
