.Well days 3 and 4 of October are here. I made a new batch of Pumpkin bread and made sure to add baking soda this time. It was amazing. The kids wanted to make cookies so I found white chocolate pumpkin cookies and oh my gosh, they were so good.
My wonderful coworkers know me quite well. Upon walking into work yesterday I found a frightening (what I thought was a child) doll! It scared the living daylights out of me! They have been warned to sleep with one eye open. Tonight is the homecoming football game and tomorrow is Maddie's very first homecoming dance. I cannot help but feel happy and sad at the same time. My baby is growing up before my eyes. Homecoming dress shopping 101...here it goes. Let me just say that Maddie was an angel compared to how I was with my mother. The fighting and arguing about which dress was real when I was a teenager. I began to tell Maddie that if I am the one buying the dress, respect is mandatory. Yes, I got the eye rolls when I held up a dress that was not fitting to her likeness, but, overall it was good. There is one thing I think and that I would almost say is the most important when it comes to these type of events : image. I had an extreme image problem growing up and still to this day struggle with it. That is a whole other blog, but is very real. I saw this for the first time in my beautiful daughter. Maddie has always held herself high and honestly, I have been jealous of her many times. She has amazing confidence and self respect. She also has beautiful curves. Trying on dresses to fit her perfectly led her to use words like "I am so fat," "I am not going to homecoming anymore," "I hate this." Trying to persuade her that she is perfect broke my heart. Offering other dress options that I thought might be more becoming on her she FINALLY gave a shot. She grabbed a hold of me and said, "I trust you mom." I promised her we would have her hair and make up beautiful but... she was already beautiful. Tricks on me when it came to thinking she had perfect self image. What was I thinking? We all struggle with this at one time time or another. We bought two dresses for her to choose from. I continued to tell her that she needed to feel confident in the dress. Forget what anyone else would be wearing. It is HER night to shine and to have so much fun remembering her very first homecoming. I want her to glow and feel like she is worth a million bucks. I had to stop and think about how I hold myself to Maddie. She is watching it whether she realizes it or not. She trusts me enough to help her with her dress. She even frequents my closet on a regular basis. I must remember to watch what I say about myself and accept compliments from Justin or anyone else (this is hard for me). My Repurpose for the Day : Have patience, understanding, and acceptance with myself and Maddie.
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