A Very Touching Mother and Daughter Moment

Over the weekend, I went over the my parents' house. My mom asked me how my cats were doing. I told her I'd been training them to sit in boxes. Then, like a proud parent, I showed her this picture:

She was very impressed. But I wasn't satisfied. So today, on g-chat, I sent her this gif in order to illustrate the full extent of my ambitions:

 

She replied: "I understand!!!"

But I wasn't sure that she did, so I sent her this:

But she didn't respond right away. So I followed up with a little:

Finally, I got the validation I was seeking all along.

That's when I knew, she really gets it. She really, really gets it.