I can remember visiting with my grandmother and she attempting to teach me how to sew, and how to knit. As a child I was not interested in learning these trades. She did however succeed in teaching me cursive writing so that by the time I was taught it in grade 3 I had already mastered it and improving my handwriting has always been a favorite passtime of mine. Now that I'm, ummmm, thrity something, I so regret not learning these important trades. I'm dependent on buying things that I could probably "whip up" had I been a better pupil or asking my mom to create things for me. I decided that I wanted new curtains for our living room and I didn't want plain, generic curtains and I didn't want to spend a fortune. Instead of me being able to do my own thing, I relied on mom to make them. Let me just say I LOVE THEM! She did a great job and they have changed the look of the room completely.
But this saddens me. What talent/trade/skill am I able to pass on to my children? How to work a computer? How to "google it"? I'm pretty sure they'll eventually teach themselves and be way better than me at it! That's about it, I'm all skilled out. I'm not creative and I have no other talent. I can't even pass on cooking skills to my kids. Sure I put food on the table night after night, but certainly nothing fancy.
Why didn't I have the desire to learn when I was young? Why didn't I learn to sew or to knit or even continue learning piano?
Are you able to pass on talents/skills/trades to your children? Do you have any regrets of not learning a certain talent/skill/trade?
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