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It's me. Hi. I'm the problem, it's me. 🥴
Ya’ll, it’s real. 👽
There’s this mysterious phenom that happens. One year your favorite mommy-blogger is posting all her toddler’s tantrums and kid’s cute sayings, and you are eating it up. 🍿 The next thing you know, she has teenagers and she disappears…
It’s strange how a once prolific mom becomes mum (we still need you!). The teenage years can be challenging yet delightful, and we want to respect the privacy of our teens. And yet, we still need the well-earned wisdom of trusted women. You all seem to think so, too. So, we’ve asked one of our favorite internet moms to share some wisdom.
Believe me, you don’t want to miss it. Or the slushies. But also:
In today’s email:
It’s still summer — garden party inspo.
Your new exercise regimen … and it’s not what you expected.🤸🏾
Vacation idea: Be a princess for a day .
Move over mascara — blush is our new desert-island must.
And, a 1920s Flirtation Device.
HOSTING: Picture this: twinkling lights, summer dress, candle-light, cocktail in hand, intimate conversations with your closest friends and fam.
✨ A summer evening garden party ✨
It’s what you need before school starts. Keep it elegant with a peach aperol spritz, crostini, and a rustic peach gallette. Put on some tunes, set the table with a floral tablecloth and a non-toxic citronella candle -- pretty enough for the table (and use coupon code MRS6AM). Cut a few stems from your garden. You’ve set the tone, now all you need is the best part: friends and friends-to-be.
After all,
Summer’s lease hath all too short a date.
Still not sold? Here are 16 Tips to get you over the hosting hesitation.
TEENS: We need the well-earned wisdom of trusted women. So, we’ve asked one of our favorite internet moms to share some wisdom.
One mother of many says, “It is not my job to mold my children into saints. It is my job to give them every opportunity, motivation and protection to allow them to say yes to Jesus. Then He is the one who will make them saints. I am a rough work in progress.”
Check out our guest post below from Rachel Balducci. ❤🔥
EXERCISE: Got 2 minutes? 🕕 That’s all you need to help decrease cancer by 30%. New studies show as little as 2 minutes of vigorous exercise a day could decrease your chance of cancer. What’s considered vigorous? Anything that leaves you catching your breath and unable to talk. Don’t get us wrong — an exercise program is always best, but if you’re in the trenches of a season, this one two’s for you. 🏃♀️
MAKEUP: We’ve got a crush on the flush. Even if pink isn’t your “signature colah,” you can still hop on the mid-tone blush trend. What is it? It’s a layering of two blush shades — within the same color family — to achieve that perfect flushed look. First, apply your makeup and blush per usual. Next, apply a brightening powder under your eyes, outwards, and down the side of your nose. Finish with a lighter or “mid-tone” blush over top the brightening powder, blending it with your base blush. Don’t forget a top-rated blush brush and the right blush shade.
In search of your next vacay? Look no further. 🏰
Just in time for your new year: Lessons on Homeschooling.
Have enough of Barbie yet? Us, too. But how about the song through the lens of 6 classical composers? 🎹
And, thankfully, wisdom is shared. Living with teens is not dissimilar to living with an forgetful and irrational elderly loved one. Sometimes we need a script. Other times, we need some practical bullet points.
Rachel Balduci, wife, mother of 6, author, and co-host of The Gist, shares her own strategies of effectively getting through a tough teenage season.
She reflected on a particular rocky season with one of her sons. She was sensitive to his behavior, and her feelings were hurt often. “It just felt intense,” she writes.
Oh, how we can relate! She goes on:
The main big thing that happened is this son grew and matured and just quit being so agitated all the time. That was super helpful. But in the meantime, about a year before that big change, I decided to make some changes on my end. Here’s what was super helpful for me in this time:
I stopped keeping track of everything that hurt my feelings. I decided it wasn’t personal, and I really believed that.
I found common ground with this child (and all my kids in these years). Cookout runs, gas station coke slushes, listening to their music in the car — just finding ways to connect. My folks did this for me, and looking back, it meant a lot.
Instead of sitting around waiting for this kid to outgrow this phase, I started working on me, on my own wounds. What in me got hurt so easily by a rude tone or unkind glance? Well, of course, it hurts, but how could I get past only focusing on myself and encourage kindest but also go with the flow? That was my new approach.
I knew God had done something in my own heart when one morning I went to wake this child up and he responded with a grumpy reply and agitated face. And when I looked at that face I felt an overwhelming sense of love. Instead of hurt and self-centered pity, I just felt love for this child and a joy in being his mama.
Click here for the full Instagram post.
A huge, super fan-girl thank you to Rachel for sharing her wisdom. For all you mamas with littles, her Superhero book was hilarious and inspiring. Check out her book for all you Marthas out there, and this one is on our summer reading list.
Come back soon, Rachel!
Have a wonderful week, and see you Saturday,
