A couple days ago, Bug asked me if he could draw one of his favorite characters on his wallet. Since it's his wallet, of course he could. However I was feeling a little grumpy about it because it was a wallet I'd made him. I didn't like the idea that I'd worked hard on it for it to be drawn on.
Yesterday I was mending some of his pants and got silly with making a monster face and other designs. While doing so I realized something.
I was doing the same thing he had done, embellishing a cloth item. The only difference was our choice of art medium and the fact that I've had a couple more decades to refine my skills (ok, actually my hand sewing skills are pretty lacking). The point being, I thought more highly of my abilities with thread than his with markers. I'm really glad for the change in perspective.
