Yes, I am afraid of the time when my daughter finally becomes a teenager—that is true—but it goes way beyond that. I am afraid of teenage GIRLS, in general. The vision of my daughter being one sends chills down my spine, but more frightening than that is the idea of her being hurt by one. …
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Report Card Day
Today is Report Card Day. It is a day that requires capital letters, and it’s own place on the calendar—highlighted in yellow, maybe circled in purple. For my daughter, today is a good day. For me, it is a day that—as a girl—filled me with apprehension, and made my sisters and I find one another …
Spend time with me!
Sometimes I look at my daughter and I see the teenager she will someday be. It isn’t a clear picture—I have no idea what she’ll actually look like, and I have a very hard time picturing her taller than me—but I sometimes envision a teenage girl who will want nothing to do with me. My …
Patience?
I am not a patient person. I am one of those people who start pacing the floor five minutes before the person I am waiting for is actually late. I am neurotically early for everything. When I am reading a book in a series, I often go on Amazon to read the description of the …
What Not to Do
Since becoming a parent, I have spent a lot of time analyzing my own upbringing to see what worked and what didn’t. There is no parenting book out there that could have been as beneficial to me as the time I spent reflecting on my own childhood. That being said, I had a happy, normal …
Guilt
When I think about the emotions I experienced when I was a new mother, I remember feeling joy, excitement, wonder, and . . . guilt. Yes, guilt. If you are a parent, especially a mother, guilt is more than likely one of the primary motivators for many of your actions—it has been for me. Even …
a Book for My Daughter 