The parent dynamic

I find the dynamic so different when I make art while looking after Sandy. Although I would prefer to work alone or with one of the other Laalaas, I feel like I'm teaching her to be an artist via working as an artists assistant and her company is comforting. Plus she takes valuable documentation. The spoken word isn't on my resources list. Especially not the chat of a mum. It's like after a lifetime (almost 50 years) of being an only child, I have a sister at last.