The Fish
I'm at my desk and looking at this beautiful purple fish made from a 3D printer. I actually have three versions: the Prototype that my daughter made, the second prototype and finally the one that worked. The purple fish is a flat piece of plastic that allows you to wrap old fashioned headphone cords and keep them organized. I asked my daughter who was in 9th grade in the year 2022 as part of her participation in a tech class to maybe make them for me if she had time.
Looking at them now almost brings me to tears because I didn't realize how long it would take her to make them and I only learned after the fact how much effort she had put into making them.
As our kids get older and I know they won't care about us as much I feel like this was one of the last times that she really did something for her daddy knowing that she could say no but choosing to not. I feel like an important part of growing up is the fact that if I ask her this when she's an 11th grade she'll say I have other priorities and I will totally think that's awesome and I will totally respect her for prioritizing what she needs to do. do my new line the reason that this purple fish nearly brings me to tears is it seems like it is a bridge between my beautiful little daughter Amelia and the young woman that she's becoming.
