Hey.....I need ya'll's opinons. I just talked to my mom & since she's cleaning out a couple of rooms (getting flooring in next week) she came across some stuff that she had like a portrait of my ex & I and some stuff I drew back about, I don't know.....10 years maybe? Maybe more? These are large framed drawings (two of them), like 20x22 or something like that. They are western style drawings- lizards & pots. Well, she said she has them but had taken them down because they don't match the style she has now (and no where to put them). I'm going to take all this stuff back with me when we go out (fortunately, we're driving). But my question is this: Wouldn't this hurt you guys if your mom more or less said that something you made didn't match what she has now, and more or less has had them in the back of a closet for awhile? She has gotten into antiques, and has a few antiques with a country style stuff on the walls- plates, framed marriage license for my grt grandma & grt grandpa, and some other older things of my grt grandma's. It looks good, but I feel kinda hurt by that. I mentioned that my dad hadn't put up a drawing of his car (a car that he built up- like a 1941 Chevy and turned it into a street rod), and I'd done that 10 years ago. I told her that it kinda bothered me and part of the reason I don't really draw anymore is because I don't feel like it's appreciated. She didn't really say anything, so I just *lamely* added that "it's just as well since I really don't have room here to do it". I just feel like crap right now.....and I'm really going to be looking at where we spend most of our time when we go out there. Dad's winning (despite that he hasn't put that drawing up....I had actually gotten over it, but wanted my mom to know how I felt). I swear, my sister & mom are very literally cut from the same cloth. **whine over**

Gotta go take care of some stuff; my neck/shoulder are feeling better than I did before, so that's good. :-)