That's wonderful, thanks for sharing! Having my t say she is proud of me does feel really good. A year ago when I published my first little book of poems, when I told her, she absolutely squealed her delight and told me she was so proud of me. It felt wonderful. My mother (one of the reasons I'm in t in the first place of course) didn't say she was proud of me which I didn't expect but would have been nice to hear. So yeah, I get it. Also it feels really good when t says I've done really good work. I'm glad yours feels proud of you and tells you.