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The spirograph mom and Richard found for Christmas is such a great present. This one dates to 1967. They managed to find an original. I love it! There are drawings from a kid 40 years ago (or maybe only 3 yrs but I prefer to think the original drawings were made long ago and that child is now perhaps a parent). Sam and my drawings are in the foreground, the vintage ones on the original paper in the background. Here again, Sam gets very upset with imperfection. It presented another teaching moment - that we are all imperfect, and yet God loves us, and we love each other despite our flaws. The flaws actually remind me of the difficulty in striving for perfection - how pretty is a perfect creation really? A bit boring I think. When you see a pen go off course once it reminds you of the care that had to be taken to create every flawless orbit.