The Reaction

     I finally made good on my threat and started the Sophie Chronicles blog. I was typing my first post and added two recently taken photos of Sophie. Photos that I might add, I thought were very nice. Photos that Tesha viewed and said were nice. I am certain that Tesha would have told me if I was posting an overly embarrassing photo of Sophie. And for the record I do have some!
     Sophie happened to walk by and see what I was doing. I told her I was starting the previously threatened Sophie Chronicles. She had a complete spaz, demanding I remove the pictures because she said they were "weird" and she did want them "all over the internet." I am not sure if I should be flattered that she thinks my blog would garner such attention, or if I should I be shocked that she is so self-centered that she thinks everyone is surfing the internet looking for "weird" pictures of her.
     With a promised trip to Powell's (to shop for candy) and to McCaulou's (to shop for jeans, so that she can give Lydia, bff, her jeans back), and some comforting words from Tesha; Sophie got over it and survived yet another tragedy inflicted upon her by her parents.

Introduction to the Sophie Chronicles

Sophie smiling and not looking annoyed with me!

Sophie's "model face"

     Sophie, her name has not been changed to protect her true identity, is my 14 year old daughter. She is the middle child, she has a 12 year old brother, Zach, and a 23 year old sister, Tesha. Her mother, Julia, and I are constantly amazed at how dramatic she makes everyday life.
     I have told Tesha that she did not properly prepare us for Sophie. Tesha was so much easier to deal with in her teen years, not that it was a walk in the park, but this is the Sophie Chronicles, not the Tesha Chronicles so we won't get into that. Let's just say that things were easier than they are with Sophie. At first we thought it was us and that we were slipping in our parental skills. But in speaking with Sophie's friends parents, friends with teenager daughters and co-workers with teenage girls, I came to the conclusion that it is not us; it is simply that Sophie is a teenage girl. This made us feel better, but it does not make raising Sophie any easier.
     It seems at times over reaction, is her normal reaction. Don't get me wrong, we love her. But according to her we have "ruined" and/or "are ruining" her life on several occasions. So, I have been threatening Sophie that I would chronicle the destruction of and the tragedy that is her life in a blog, the Sophie Chronicles, so here I go.
   

Sophie's Dad