lifeisgood

So, my mother has gotten her wish. I have a teenage girl who not only informs me on a daily basis that “it isn’t fair!” and “you’re ruining my life!”, but in addition, has decided that her hair needs to be a different color every two weeks and pierced her own nose (which required me to rescue her when she couldn’t get it all the way through and walked around the house with the stud hanging halfway out of her nostril, crying “It hurts! It hurts! What do I do?? It hurts!!!”

What is my genius response to these cries of unfairness? “Too bad, life isn’t supposed to be fair!” and that all-time classic, “Because I’m the mom, that’s why!” Before I became a parent I laughed in derision at those pathetic individuals who had to turn to the brainless platitudes their parents passed on to them. Ha. The joke’s on me.

But, it’s not all drama. She is a typical teenager (shhh, she hates that word). She’s also incredibly talented – she can draw, she can sing, and her photography is absolutely stunning. She has more talent in her pinky finger than I have in my whole body, and I am so proud of who she is becoming. Now if we can make it to her adulthood without tearing each other’s throats out during a dual attack of PMS, it’ll all be good.