Raising a daughter is not for the faint of heart. I only have one and she keeps me on my toes. At age thirteen, she is still relatively new to teenagerdom. I survived the teen years long ago but it is a whole nother carnival ride watching your children feel their way through it. It’s […]
My Daughter Has Upped My Beauty Game
Me in the ninth grade Since I am now in the throes of raising a teenage daughter, I often reflect on the time when I myself was thirteen. I wonder if my daughter had met my thirteen year old self, would we have been friends? No way to know for sure. I was a kid […]
Loving Your Daughter Through The Preteen Years
And then she said: Mom, I need a bra. A bra? For what? It was not yet time to worry about such womanly things. I pointed out that I didn’t get my first training bra until fourth grade. Suddenly it occurred to me what grade she was in now. I looked into her eyes. And […]
Things To Teach My Daughter #237: How To Appreciate Sponge Rollers
Having a daughter is one of the greatest joys of my life. For a mother it is like getting to do it all over again. Except she is the one who has to deal with all of the I am just a kid, what do I know, issues. Take hair for instance Before the glorious […]
