Wednesday 15 December 2010

Mothers and Daughters

I caught my eldest daughter (15 yrs) typing away frantically at the computer the other night. When I asked what she was doing, "Nothing!" she sang. I've now found out that she was setting up her own Folksy account called MyMumMakesSilverThings. When I asked her why she'd done that, she said in the hope that someone might come across her account and be redirected to my shop. In her bio, this is what she has written:
"I'm no good at making things, or being creative in any artistic way, but just in case someone comes across this profile in some unknown way, I just want to say that my mother goes by the username 'TheSilverMoon' and she makes some really gorgeous silver jewellery. She also has a website: Tammy Kingdon Fine Arts - Google it. She really is amazing, but she's too modest to advertise how good she is, so I thought I'd help her out without her knowing. She really is an incredible artist, and just if you visited her website or looked at some of the jewellery she makes, we'd both appreciate it massively. Thankyou"

I found this out because she sent me a message via Folksy:


I Just Wanted To Email You Regarding How Beautiful Your Jewellery Is...


Hello, I was just searching Folksy and couldn't help but notice some of your jewellery. It is amazing how you make it, and I'm very proud of you. The time that you put into all of this really pays off. Well Done :)

I wanted to post about this because it's so unusual for her to be demonstrative in any way and I had a really warm feeling inside when I realised what she'd done. Don't get me wrong, the next day we still argued about whose job it was to clean out the rabbits and walk the dogs- she hasn't suddenly morphed into a Stepford daughter, but it made me realise that certainly as our children get older and we have less cuddles, pictures and love notes from them, we must take any positive we can and treasure it, embrace it and squeeze the living daylights out of it, if only to remind ourselves how much we love them despite (and sometimes because of) their teenage behaviour.


3 comments:

Colette said...

What an amazing thing for your daughter to do. I have started to feel Jose growing away from me a little bit each day, i am wise enough to understand that that is what happens when they grow up and not to be too upset about it, there are still many special moments, times, but certain things are very different. But that's OK.

Take care.

Colette

Twiglet said...

What a lovely thoughtful daughter you have!! And yes you can have all my snow - can you collect asap. lol x Jo

Cathy said...

What a heartwarming action from your daughter Tammy. You must feel very proud that she thinks enough of you and your work that she wants to tell people about it. I don't have any kids myself but I can appreciate the close bond between mums and daughters.

I hope you and the family have a wonderful Christmas and a very happy and successful New Year.