I took this "selfie" with my daughter last summer, while I loved it of her, I hated it of myself. All that I could see were the wrinkles, the lack of make-up, the gray hairs, the crooked teeth...
Yesterday I watched a snip of an upcoming documentary by the Dove campaign where they took mothers and daughters and took selfies and talked about what they saw, wow what a new perspective!
My daughter had told me how much she loves this photo, because of the goofy, fun times that we share, but it didn't really "click" in my head until I saw the daughters in the documentary explaining how badly they felt when they heard their own mothers making negative comments about their own appearances.
What a difference a day can make, I too love this photo now. My wrinkles are visible evidence of years of laughter and many smiles, make-up is overrated, I earned every one of those gray hairs, and the money that I could have spent "fixing" my teeth was instead spent on adventures with people I love.
I will never be glamorous, and I am just fine with that. There are many types of beauty in the world and even as I age I am learning to see mine.
Stay the way you are, Deana. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Elwood. :)
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