When the Things That Used to Matter Just Don’t Anymore

So, full disclosure. I’m a woman in my mid-forties, and lately the things that used to matter so much to me just… don’t anymore. For example, when my daughter was younger, I'd obsess over every detail with her. I'd shop for adorable ruffle outfits and perfect handmade Halloween costumes. I prepared organic homemade food, pounced on every educational opportunity that came along, and the list goes on and on.

Now that she's a teen, she wears sweatpants every day, eats junk, is planning on being a Mason67 for Halloween (whatever that is), and I can barely get her to do her homework. And... I don't care. I mean, I do care, I just don't obsess over it like I used to. If she wants to wear sweatpants to school, so be it. If she eats McDonald

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