Along w/all the others, you didn't allow yourself to be intimidated by your Mom! Hooray! You are no longer six years old! Now maybe your response was the beginning for your Mom to realize it too. Continue to stick up for yourself. It sounds like there were more than one person in your sewing group that felt the same way, but have not wanted to cause a ruckus within your group by locking horns with your Mom. Here's to your new beginning w/your Mom and hope she realized she has had a daughter for a long time now, no longer a child! Who knows, she may even realize she has a new best friend! Patty