Last night was the 8th grade award ceremony at Eva’s school. She won two awards, the “all school” award for “well-rounded excellence” and the “art persistence” award. I love these clever name they came up with. The art persistence award is given to students who continually strive for excellence in the area of art. When others may give up when a project seems “good enough” those art persistent types just keep going. For a sample of her work check out her “straw skirt” on my Just Imaginate blog.

I don’t think Eva was all that impressed with her awards (she was very self-effacing about them) but I was sure proud of her. She is an amazingly creative child. She will spend hours alone in her room making up dance routines that she then videotapes and makes into movies. I think she has a career ahead of her in the creative arts.