[quote=no5no5]That card sounds so lovely I'm sure it must have broken your heart. What did you say to him, if anything?
Seeing it was such a thoughtful idea, I'd actually sat down beside him to make a card too. He'd been happily giving me tips as he worked on his, until the meltdown. While he tore his beautiful artwork up and stormed off, I just kept coloring. I gave him a couple of minutes on his own to calm down, then casually asked if he was ready to put his card in the envelope. Naturally, he said that the card was ruined and Grampa wouldn't want it but I started putting the crumpled little shreds in the envelope anyway. When Kai asked why, I said Grampa would be so thrilled that we'd tried hard to make something for him, he'd just think it was a tricky puzzle. Kai, realizing then that his work was being posted anyway, asked if I could wait a little longer for him to re-draw the Autobot to help Grampa with his "puzzle." Voila, happy child again.
