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Fashion by Mayhem

from paper dresses to parenting a teen

02.11.2021

Posted on February 11, 2021March 19, 2021 By Angie Keiser

I yelled more than I care to admit, and she gave me more nasty looks than usual.

It’s rainy. It’s dreary. And I didn’t get the nap I wanted needed.

We argued.

She texted to tell me she was sorry. And I texted back to tell her I was too.

And then I caught a glimpse of her, and for a few seconds it felt like time had stopped.

I stared, as if I was seeing the her from the future.

I wasn’t.

I was realizing that the her of the past, is not the her of the now.

There’s a part of me that’s emotional about her not being a little girl anymore. And a part of me that’s excited for the same reason.

Maybe it’s because I felt like a co-author for those first chapters, and now I see her taking full command of writing her own story.

She’s capable.

And I hope she lets me peek at those rough drafts, along the way.

tween style file:

Everyday Mayhem

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  1. Bryn says:
    February 12, 2021 at 12:54 PM

    I have a nearly 13 year old and you could not have summed up my thoughts more perfectly. She’s not who she was, but dang do I love who she’s becoming. Fingers crossed she shows me some grace along the way.

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    1. Angie Keiser says:
      February 12, 2021 at 8:12 PM

      Totally feeling that too. It’s a WE thing, not a SHE or a ME thing, this growing up.

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Hi, I'm Angie. Mom to Sydney (currently age 15,) known to the online world as Mayhem. Formerly that paper dress mother/daughter duo. Currently living in the south, and enjoying every second of this season "mom-ing" this incredible teenage human.

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