Moms come in all sizes and personalities. We have to prayerfully become a better mom to our kids. I too envy the gals and their moms who are close on this board. My Mom didn't like the quilt I made her and told me so with my husband in the room. I'm glad that he was there because I was so shocked, I had a hard time recalling the event. But he didn't. He told everyone,"Guess what my Mother in law said..." Up till then he was the one who would encourage me to visit and call. I went searching for it two months later while she was in the hospital and found it in a suitcase.