Wow, I'd be one prolific and crafty woman if I made art whenever I feel cranky with my teen son! I'm really struggling with the mom gig these days. I should do artwork when I'm feeling like this. Instead, I dive into chores or working out or, worse, snacking. Not good! I don't do well just accepting the stuff that so many other parents accept as just teenage attitude and rudeness. Like so many teens, I think my son saves the worst of himself for home. I find myself distracted by it and distracted from being creative. Today I'm going to work on creating a new habit of working on art to work through mood. We'll see what comes of it. It's time to focus more on creativity and less time on feeling sad when His Royal Rudeness appears.
This is just to make me feel better. He lost a bet with his godmother a few years ago and had to have his photo take with Ariel at Disneyland. He was like an angry weasel in line with all the little girls. We explained this to Ariel, to which she replied, "Well then, we'll just have to make it EXTRA special" and give him a big kiss as the photo was shot. Priceless.
