Late Night Confession

My goodness, you know how old i'm getting! It's so hard to stay up late night to confess anything. :)

Tonights confession is about how sometimes when walking in the role of mom, I forget that I am still just me Veronica. A person with feelings that can get hurt from time to time. And in this case by my own child.

My teenager said for the first time that she didn't want me in her business. Ugh. Stabbed right in the gut. She has a travel journal from her recent road trip across country with her dad and he asked if she had let me read it yet. She said, "I don't want her to read it". What a blow! What?! Me, your own mother. A pretty decent one at that. Semi-cool. The one who you always introduce to your friends. Left out here in the cold your-my-parent land now. Ouch.
It stung and I had tears come out of my eyes. I didn't want it to show but tears are automatic when you get stung. And so it turned into this incredibly comical cry fest between my daughter and I and I found out the real reason behind her not sharing. I had to remind her I was open to whatever she needed and I have to learn to respect her privacy, but I do have feelings and they can get hurt even though i'm mom. but trust if she hadn't...I woulda snooped anyway! Ha ha...

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