i am good

(photo props)

maybe it was that book i got for christmas when I was a kid that brought the passion out in me. maybe it was the bright and cheerful colorful paper; shiny on one side and red on the other. maybe it was my love for all things asian.
maybe i just thought i was talented enough to do it.

origami, my friends.

note to self:

i am not good.

all week my daughter has been begging me to help her make things out of the origami book she brought home from the library.

not today. not today. tomorrow, i promise. oh fine, i did promise after all.

today.

note to self:

i am not good.

i tried. and how sad. what kind of a mother am i by saying, "that's it! i quit!"

note to self:

i am not good.

but at least, at least, i know what i am good at and what i am not. i expand on what i am good at and i do not expand on what i am not. that teachers her something positive, right?

thankfully, i did have enough talent to jerry-rig a star thingy and at least that frog had some bounce to it. she seemed content.

note to self:

i am good.