Small Things Are Loud
I remember one time Main had so much on his plate that I didn't know how to help him. There wasn't anything I could do "for" him. He had to do all the things. And he was like me in the sense that when there's so much, we don't know where to begin. He needed a way to prioritize and visualize his tasks. I knew I needed to do something to help him. So, I cut up pieces of paper into squares and wrote one thing on each piece. I took the pieces to him and helped him prioritize them. It was a small gesture to help, but the least and maybe even the most that I could do at the time. He could visualize all he had to do, and now they were in order by importance. There was another time, in the very beginning of our relationship when I was preparing for an art show. I had so much work to do, but he couldn't paint anything for me. He helped me wire some of the paintings, but he couldn't put any paint on the canvas. At least I didn't want him to, because I felt ...