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A Mum Who Draws #1

" Then it dawned on me. Have I been sort of hiding?! Have I been waiting for a 'better day?' " April Showers I'm sitting in the front porch at a little table that I'm renovating. It belonged to my grandma and is covered in sheets of paper with my daughter is drawings on. It is raining outside. True 'Manchester' drizzle. My little girl is standing at the top of the drive in the rain. But, despite my best efforts to advise her that we should wait for a 'better' day, she's not perturbed. "Come and buy a drawing!" She calls. "Drawings for sale. They're one of a kind!"  I think we have a natural sales woman here! My heart is bursting with pride at her guts and natural enthusiasm. She is only 6 and so brave to put herself out there! Would I do it?! Am I trying as hard as she is? The one problem is that she hasn't made a sale...yet. Charlotte's showed up but where are her customers? It&#