Its Official....its all over now!

So today I became the parent of a teenager. We've been experiencing the moodiness for a few months now, but it will be interesting to see what will happen next. I have been trying to take a calm instructor stance with her. She is not me, she is never going to be me (in a good way) and I will strive daily to no make her feel inferior to her ever impressive, perfectionist mother. No hair issues for the most part. My sister took her to have it braided and it has been great. We were getting concerned with her putting heat in her hair everyday. She's only lost 4 braids total. Not bad, since she has such soft hair. When dealing with the younger sibling, I try to warn her to avoid conflict to begin with. She had still have the upper hand, but be creative with how she does it. Its going to be a long summer!

And Mall Be Its Name....

Today I dropped by daughter off at the mall to go shopping with a friend. Her friend is preparing for a trip to Europe....how she thought my daughter could help her is beyond me but I didn't want to keep Denyce from her friend. So we get there, and daughter didn't think to ask where we should meet, anyway we get there, I meet her dad and he takes off. I'm still unsure but I tell them to call me when they're done. There was no way in the world that I was going to leave the mall. I did my shopping, went walking then sat and waited. I tried not to overact thinking about the worse that could happen. Ninety minutes later the emerged from the store and all was well. Whew I survived!!!!