First Day back To School Conversation with My Daughter Jasmine
August 20, 2008
Me: Jazzy, have a good first day back to school…
Jasmine: Okay Mama, don’t you think I should wear lipgloss today?
Me: Little girls don’t wear lipgloss to go to school…
Jasmine: I’m not a little girl, I’m a first grader, and YOU told me YOU use to wear make-up when YOU went to school.
Me: Well, I wasn’t a first grader my love.
Jasmine: Things have changed Mama…
Me: Okay Jazzy, have a great first day back to school…
[...] This morning, my precious Jasmine put on a brand new dress and shiny shoes (she looked so adorable) and asked if she could put a *little* make up on. She is 7 years old! After hearing the predictable NO she said: ” Not even lip gloss Maman?” I swear I was having a flashback. [...]