She needs me, she needs me not

There was a tantrum this morning.

Why, you may ask?

We made her do something.

Something she has never done before.

Something she didn't want to do.

What, you are thinking, could be so terrible as to reduce an almost nine year old to tears, kicking and yelling, telling her father that she hates him?

Turning on the shower - Herself!

(insert dramatic music here)

On the one hand, I pray that it is hormones that is turning my high spirited, high energy girl into a bundle of emotions and mood swing queen. I remember feeling like I was no longer in control of my body with no explanation of how or why ( Thanks Pregnancy!) in the not so distant past.

Of course, once she stopped crying, she marched into the bathroom, turned on the faucet and pushed me out of the bathroom. She could do it and she didn't need me there to monitor.

And so, our dance continues.

Comments

[Elizabeth]

So that's what I have to look forward to. I feel bad for my husband and sons when they have to deal with both my hormonal mood swings AND Kaitlyn's.