My Instead: I took Mom and Annette to the "Prevue" showing of my photo display at the LTDA Holiday Boutique.
As Ed Sullivan used to
articulate on Sunday nights, “It’s a really big ‘shoe’ tonight”. Translation: a
really big “show”. The Lincoln Trail Decorative Artists’ 10 Annual Holiday Boutique
“prevue” night was here! Earlier in the week, I had invited my mom to join me for
my photography debut. My girlfriend Annette surprised me by driving one and a
half hours to be here. When she arrived at my house, we took off to pick up Mom
and headed to west Belleville to the boutique.
As we walked in, we were
greeted by several of the women working the boutique. After paying the $5 charge for attending "prevue night", we immediately found our way over to my table to “oooh and ahhh” over
my photography. My mom’s reaction was a nice surprise... she was truly
impressed and acted the part. Mother/daughter relationships can sometimes be
flooded with expectations to the point of extinction, so hearing and seeing her
pleasure and pride filled me up.
When we finished perusing
my work, we began to browse the rest of the artistry on sale. Mom is at the age
where she wants NO more stuff, so consumables are the key when you don’t want
to accumulate. She ended up purchasing two loaf pans of banana bread to
share at my aunt’s garage sale the next day. Annette and I, being the
girly-girls that we are, found ourselves looking at some handmade scarves (which we did not purchase). We
had so much fun with them, that a lady even commented later about how she enjoyed
watching us. Annette and I seem to have a good time no matter what we’re
doing and it’s usually the simplest of things.
After enjoying a treat in the little snack area, we went to Mom’s and spent the rest of the
evening watching the St. Louis Cardinals playing in the NLCS. It was so relaxing for
me, now that all that photo preparation was neatly tucked away as a memory.
The flood gates are
opened with possibilities of where I will venture next with my photography.
This event has changed my attitude about what I have to offer and what people will
actually purchase. I just have to create the connection!
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| Annette modeling one of the scarves |
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| Annette watching the Cardinal NLCS game |
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