I remember when the fascination of scientific study and his mathematical way of observing the world started flourishing in Remi as a very young child. I often wondered if it was a phase. I wondered if it was just a passing obsession, much like a child who is just discovering dinosaurs for the first time. But, as the years have rolled by, his passions are picking up speed, gaining more and more depth like a snowball growing in size. His Discovery toy microscope has turned into the real deal microscope, where he handles the lens with expertise, preparing slides with a steady, confident hand. His creative little hands that used to build contraptions with recycled junk around the house has melded into printing usable products on his 3D printer, coming up with solutions to everyday problems that he could sell as business opportunities. He finds obscure theories and does research, coming up with his own ideas on these scientific studies. He takes complex ideas, turns them over and around in his mind and then produces a tangible representation.
This journey with Remi is beyond anything my artsy, bookworm brain can really fathom. He is a child who is so different, we flop from being astounded, to being proud, to being mildly perplexed at times. This boy who dreams of being a world changer, who craves something just a bit beyond a teenage life, is taking us on the journey of a lifetime!
Remi, the way you do you, chasing your crazy ideas, not just thinking outside the box, but living outside that box, is the most refreshing thing I think I've ever seen in a 13 year old child. These next 5 years, watching you as a student will prove to be some of the best years of this momma's life, I have no doubt. I hope you continue to keep your sights on these dreams that are so big they consume your mind and light your fire something fierce.... all the way up to that space station you dream about!
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*There are several different things I'm sharing...
For Christmas, Remi asked for seeds to grow things he could eat. This was inspired by his science teacher who is letting her class grow lettuce for the cafeteria to use. Pops got him an indoor seed starter station. He has loved the growing process and has tended to his plants faithfully! He has already had to transplant a handful to bigger pots! The sweetest part, is he chose vegetables that Micah and I liked specifically!
The next pictures are of Remi in his science lab dissecting a worm. His science teacher has really been such an inspiration to Remi this year. After classroom dissections, she sent home a few leftover worms and frogs, along with a dissection kit for Remi have. That very night, he had a worm out, teaching me about its different organs and then putting different specimens onto slides to study.
The last picture is Remi's way of trying to create a visual of the 4th dimension. He says there is really no way of showing 4D accurately or explaining it, because our minds can't wrap around this concept, but that this little cube he built, was his closest visual version. I can't even pretend to know what he is talking about sometimes, but it is quite fascinating, nonetheless!
