homemade lip gloss

My daughter has awesome Activity Day leaders.  This week they talked about the power of words, specifically kind words then made homemade lip gloss.  My daughter made lemon lime gloss and was so excited about it.  She says it's super easy to make.
On the way home her leader said it must be hard to move and my daughter's eyes filled with tears.  It was good for me to know.  When trying to have a serious conversation with this  particular child one of two things usually happens.  1.  She doesn't participate.  2.  She acts so silly you think you're talking to a martian.  This time she answered yes/no questions in an opera voice.  It turns out yes, she likes our new town.  She likes our new home.  She likes her new friends.  She likes her new school.  She likes her new teacher.  She likes her life.  Yes, she misses her old town, old home, old friends, old school, etc.  I told her she's normal which she must have liked hearing because I usually tell her she's weird...like the rest of us. 
Moving is definitely a transition.  Everything is new and different and we're all trying to figure out where our place is in this world and all  of that.

homemade lip gloss (from our friend Kiana)
1 tablespoon vaseline
1/2 teaspoon honey beeswax (comes in a bar so you need to grate it)
essential oil

Melt the vaseline and beeswax on the stove.  Add 3 drops or more of essential oil of your choice.  Put into small round containers.  Makes 2 containers.
Sometimes Kiana likes to melt a few chocolate chips into the lip gloss for a chocolate flavor.  Real chocolate!



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