Mothers and daughters
I just got back from a nice breakfast with a my friend Theresa. It is always good to have time with girlfriends. We chatted it up and I defended my coffee cup from being refilled every second by the waitress. I have no idea why they don't understand that refilling it when it's half-empty means they are messing up your coffee-cream-sugar ratio! Anyways, two cups of caffeinated coffee and one cup of decaf later and I am ready to roll. At least I think that is how much I had. Hard to tell with the initial refilling.
Theresa and I talked about our daughters. Hers is going to be a Senior this year and mine will be a Sophomore. They attend the same high school and went to alternative middle school together. They have had many of the same problems getting along with others and adjusting to a different sort of educational program. She told me that her daughter and she used to be as close as Rowan and I until Sophomore year. Suddenly her daughter didn't want to spend time with her and doesn't talk to her much anymore. I hope this doesn't happen to us. Many moms say their daughters don't want to have much to do with them once they are in high school--in fact sometimes earlier on. For those of you who have teen girls, what have you experienced?
Rowan just told me she loves me and missed me this morning. She is such a sweetheart. We are getting ready to take her to work soon so I won't see her until late this afternoon.
Theresa and I talked about our daughters. Hers is going to be a Senior this year and mine will be a Sophomore. They attend the same high school and went to alternative middle school together. They have had many of the same problems getting along with others and adjusting to a different sort of educational program. She told me that her daughter and she used to be as close as Rowan and I until Sophomore year. Suddenly her daughter didn't want to spend time with her and doesn't talk to her much anymore. I hope this doesn't happen to us. Many moms say their daughters don't want to have much to do with them once they are in high school--in fact sometimes earlier on. For those of you who have teen girls, what have you experienced?
Rowan just told me she loves me and missed me this morning. She is such a sweetheart. We are getting ready to take her to work soon so I won't see her until late this afternoon.