Artifact

Today Sawyer came out of my StudyO carrying an 8th grade art project 

that his father made, and that I have kept for these 20+ years because I am a sentimental fool when it comes to hand-made-kid-gifts. 

Through the years it has served as a pencil holder, a candle holder, 

a feather holder, and most recently just a funky piece of pottery 

on the shelf beneath my desk.  

In this photo, Sawyer is sipping a make-believe beverage from it, 

adding his trademark "ummm" at appropriate intervals. 

While I was enjoying this Sawyer-moment, it dawned on me
that eighth-grade-Zack could never have imagined, 

while he was dutifully molding this required piece of artwork, 

that one day a little piece of him 

would be admiring it and appreciating its versatility. 

We just never know, do we?