There are moments in parenting that don’t seem important when they happen, but somehow become beautiful memories later.
On the 2nd of April 2025, my son sat down and sketched Lamine Yamal. Ten days later, on the 12th of April 2025, he drew Lionel Messi. At the time, they were simply two drawings by a boy who loves football and enjoys putting pencil to paper. We admired them, smiled, and moved on.
Fast forward to today.
Spain and Argentina meet in the final, and I found myself scrolling back to those sketches. It made me smile that, without either of us knowing, he had already drawn both sides of today’s story. Whichever team lifts the trophy tonight, one of his sketches will be the winner.
The only thing missing is him.
He’s away at boarding school, and I wish he were home so we could watch the match together, argue over every decision, celebrate every goal, and laugh at the funny moments.
Tonight, I’ll be watching for both of us with two sketches, one memory, and a heart that’s missing its favourite football companion.
Oh my God, this was a prediction. Wow!!
Okay, you know I’m not a football fan but I’m going to watch the match tonight. Cheers to SonTer my golden nephew.
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Hey sis. It was a prediction. 😁.
Cheers sis.
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Fantastic prediction by your son, Mimi, and wonderful drawings!
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Thank you Tim. Quite fascinating
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Mimii – how cool that he did those drawings and then this all unfolded.
spooky cool
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Spooky cool, that’s the term. 😁.
Thank you Yvette.
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Yes and this was a fun post – have a good week
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Thanks. You too.
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🙂
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SonTer is a real artist, as demonstrated by the expressive portrait and the well formed figure
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Thank you Derrick. I hope I can guide him well to become great
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