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Insights about change and transformation, with a side of truth & humor

Mindful Slime

March 12, 2023 Alissa Norton

Tonight, my 15-year-old daughter is playing with slime in our living room. She and her friends mixed glue with food coloring, contact lens solution, glitter and baking soda at our dining room table, and now they're sort of throwing it around. 

The preschool mom in me is wondering whether it would come out of their hair if it were to find its way there, and I wonder if their sweatshirts will get stained. But I stay quiet. I pour my own tea, head town to hang out with my husband, and feel glad they've chosen my house for this particular event. 

"Do you guys want some hot chocolate?" I ask. 
"Do we have the Mexican kind and whipped cream?" says Emma, laying on the floor with glittery slime spread across her chest. 

"Yes, I'll make some." 

"Mom, aren't you proud of us?" she asks me. 

"Yes, always," I say, rounding the corner to the kitchen. I peek my head back around.

"Wait, For what?" 

"For not doing drugs. For staying home instead and playing with slime." emma says this without looking at me.

"Yes, dear." 

As I stir the cake of mexican chocolate into the milk and heat it on the stove, I start wondering: how many of the kids at their school are doing drugs? i suppose this is the curse of being parent to a teenager: i only really know so much, and of course there's plenty to worry about. 

my daughter is at a time in her life now that i remember very well myself. she is younger than most of her friends, so they are out getting their driver's licenses and finding jobs when she still has her permit, and is spending most of her free time still at home with us. Today, I am going to drink that in and enjoy it.

Mindfulness involves living in the moment. the more I do that day to day, the happier I am. Let’s make some slime!

 

Below the Surface: Visions from the (Almost) Empty Nest

January 22, 2020 Alissa Norton

When my baby decided to fly, without me, to the other side of the planet, I had some hesitations. What if…

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Tags empty nest, parents of teenagers, parenting teens, Thailand, Moms of teens
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The New Year's Not To-Do List

January 22, 2018 Alissa Norton

See my guest post. Thank you to Craft Industry Alliance for the opportunity! 

https://craftindustryalliance.org/new-years-not-list/

Happiest Time of the Year?

December 26, 2017 Alissa Norton

There's lots of pressure this time of year... I grant you permission to feel what you feel.

Even if (especially if, and when) it's not gilded with rainbow glitter. 

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Guest Post on TheMogulMom.com

July 18, 2017 Alissa Norton

Mindset Mastery for Busy Mompreneurs

Spoons, Sugar Packets & Paddle Boards: Isn't it Ironic? →

June 1, 2017 Alissa Norton

Spoons, Sugar and Paddle Boards 

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