Half a world away, my daughter was going to be celebrating a significant birthday. I wanted to do something special.

Her little one, now two years of age, had been scribbling with a crayon and that gave me the idea.

I decided to go through the collection I had made over the years of daughter’s little notes to me, precious memories that I had lovingly stored away.

So, my gift was a retrospective of her early literary, scientific and artistic accomplishments. Soon I noticed a theme.