NSV moment.....proved kid wrong!
OK...so if you have not known this already....my oldest daughter, Aubrey, is a senior in high school. She has really been giving me a hard time about the fact that when I get down far enough...she will bve borrowing my clothes. Well...after weeks of begging, pleading, threatening, etc....she finally cleaned out her closet. Yes...she is a clothes ***** like her momma. Well I was going through the stuff to possible take items to Chicago for the clothing exchange and came across a couple tops that she wore a time or two before they got too small for her and put them aside. After I was done...I tried these tops on. She said they would not fit for awhile yet but I figured what the heck! Well...one is still snug...but hopefully not for long...and the other one fit me! I went in to show her and she cried. She told me she really did not think they would fit but that it was awesome they did. She told me how proud she was of me and that the person I was transforming into was great. That made me cry too. We have had a rough two years but now I see our relationship once again evolving into so much more. She has learned to talk and act like more of an adult than I have seen in a long while. She will be 18 this summer and has decided not to drop out and continue her education after she graduates. She has seen how hard it is to make it without more education and training. She wants to work with teens....especially teen moms that need support that they don't always get from their families and friends. She knows this all first hand. Though we do not agree on everything...she does know when she can or cannot be the mom she needs to for Braedyn. Just to be able to buy him something out of her own paycheck has changed her outlook. So....I guess in all actuallity I had two NSV moments. One on the outside and one in my heart! Life does have its sunny moments!
That is awesome LeeAnn not only the clothes but the mom daughter moment. They seem like they are so few and far between.....I have a 22 year old son and right now just want to smack him silly! Its supposed to be better when they leave the nest but you know sometimes they come back and talk about difficult.....I so envy you working on your relationship and having a good one with your daughter...hopefully one day soon my son will open his eyes and grow up and take charge and things will change......best to you both.....Donna
"Sometimes the hardest part of the journey is believing that you're worthy of the trip" Unknown
My youngest, Sallie, just graduated from high school. Isn't it amazing when these little girls all of a sudden seem to grow and mature on us? I have been threatening Sallie to raid HER closet when I get down to her size - lol! So I am right there with you cheering you on! I am afraid she will be upset with herself though, because she's heavier than she needs and wants to be. In one way I think this may motivate her to be more careful about what she is eating - I sure hope it doesn't affect her negatively. So far she's lost 15 lbs in the past month or two just by cutting down and staying busy with other things. I think she doesn't want to weigh more than mom!
My mom is and was always so NORMAL in her weight - she had 20 lbs. to lose when she went to Weigh****chers years ago - and she has maintained her little figure most of the time. I always felt uglier, fatter, less attractive than her and it wasn't great for my self esteem because she was so pretty and I felt so ugly. She never had a pimple and I was covered with pimples. She never had "pendulous breasts" (what she called mine when I was 17 or 18) and I felt odd. She had lots of dates and I rarely had any. Anyway, I think it might be better for me to have been heavier than my girls? Maybe not. At least they have never felt like they were competing with me!
Be sure to save enough stuff for yourself before taking it all to Chicago! I'd let the torn up blue jeans go (I plan to skip Sallie's jeans! lol) but keep the good stuff! And congratulations on everything - slimming down and teaching your daughter the important things in life.
Hugs,
Cindy
My mom is and was always so NORMAL in her weight - she had 20 lbs. to lose when she went to Weigh****chers years ago - and she has maintained her little figure most of the time. I always felt uglier, fatter, less attractive than her and it wasn't great for my self esteem because she was so pretty and I felt so ugly. She never had a pimple and I was covered with pimples. She never had "pendulous breasts" (what she called mine when I was 17 or 18) and I felt odd. She had lots of dates and I rarely had any. Anyway, I think it might be better for me to have been heavier than my girls? Maybe not. At least they have never felt like they were competing with me!
Be sure to save enough stuff for yourself before taking it all to Chicago! I'd let the torn up blue jeans go (I plan to skip Sallie's jeans! lol) but keep the good stuff! And congratulations on everything - slimming down and teaching your daughter the important things in life.
Hugs,
Cindy
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AAAAAAAAAAAhhhhhhhhhhh LeeAnn
They grow up to fast dont they?
When JOEY WAS YOUNGER I SWORE HE WAS GONNA BE THE DEATH OF ME..
But once he hit 17 everything changed cause he matured and i geuss maybe i did too,hugg her often(the one thing my mom didnt do).
That is so awesome about the clothes my guys say you look so much younger with your new do..
But it sucks i dont have no girls to take their clothes and Chrissy doesnt have anything feminie so i geuss my goal is to get into their grim reaper hoodies..lol
They grow up to fast dont they?
When JOEY WAS YOUNGER I SWORE HE WAS GONNA BE THE DEATH OF ME..
But once he hit 17 everything changed cause he matured and i geuss maybe i did too,hugg her often(the one thing my mom didnt do).
That is so awesome about the clothes my guys say you look so much younger with your new do..
But it sucks i dont have no girls to take their clothes and Chrissy doesnt have anything feminie so i geuss my goal is to get into their grim reaper hoodies..lol
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