Pressed and Perfect

I am learning that my daughter picking out her own clothes for school is not nearly as big of a deal as I thought it was. So what if they don't always match. She thinks she looks fabulous. This was so hard for me to deal with at first because I feel like I needed control over that situation. Many wise mothers whose children are older than mine have told me over again, "pick your battles". The battle over what she is wearing to school is not one that I choose to have every morning at 6:00 a.m. So her clothes may not be pressed (as my grandma says), they may not always match, and she may or may not have worn the same pants twice already that week. As long as they are clean, I feel like this is a way she can express her stylish little self. Even if it is not what I would choose. So I am learning that my children's clothes may not always be pressed and perfect. This has nothing to do with the special little people they are.