Dr. Ethan has an ivy plant in her office just like Grandma Kay's. It needed water, so I gave it some out of my water bottle. Dr. E said that she really liked that I noticed things. I told her I have a slip of Grandma's ivy growing in a bottle on my windowsill in my bedroom. When no one was looking, I had cut it from the back of her plant at the garage sale they had after she died. Dr. E asked me to draw Grandma Kay.
Instead of a pen, there was a container of sticks and a bottle of India Ink. I picked out one and drew Grandma and her ivy. Dr. E put out some coloured Posca markers and paints and said go for it. I didn't want to, but I also wanted to. I just coloured Grandma's heart and then made her hair into hearts. Then I kept adding colour.
While I was drawing I started feeling dizzy. I had a huge lump in my throat and my eyes burned. I wanted to pour that India ink all over everything. But I didn't. Dr. E asked how I felt, but I couldn't talk.
That’s really moving.
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