For a woman who swipes on some eyeliner and the occasional spritz of body spray, I sure do post a lot about BEAUTY on my blog. It seems to be a topic popping up everywhere this month...and with Halloween around the corner, perhaps we should be talking about it a lot. We should be focusing on how beautiful a person's spirit is, not how her rack looks in her "Sexy _______ Costume". I mean, is there really such thing as a sexy lobster? And Snow white was not made with garter belts and thongs in mind. Fight me if you want, but she wasn't. Just No.
Beauty is the word of the day with Rory Bore's Tuesday Coffee Chat
So what do I have to say about beauty today? I have a story of my past.
I have naturally dark black hair and light skin. A little like Snow White. My mom used to tell me that my hair made me look like her and strangers in the store would tell my mom how beautiful my hair was.
Then I went to school and the kids realized it was different. Very few kids in my school had darker hair and if they did, they had darker skin. I was not the little blond suburban white girl. I was the "freak" with dark hair. Kids at my school picked on me for a lot of reasons, my hair just happened to be one of them.
As I started the 5th grade, I bore a striking resemblance to Wynona Ryder. This was also about the time the kids at school were allowed to watch BeetleJuice. The mean kids used to yell "BeetlJuice" three times in hopes that I would go away.
That is some mean shit huh?
Anyway, all those years of being told I was ugly and different really wore on me. I tried to change my appearance, my attitude, and anything else I could to simply fit in.
Needless to say, it never worked.
And not only am I okay with that now, I LOVE it.
After a few decades, I embraced who I was (outside and inside) and realized just how beautiful I am. My dark hair and light skin is unique and even my butt chin that I used to hate is beautiful.
Embrace beautiful you!! I once had a particular nasty boy who used to follow me home and bark like a dog behind me. Grade 8 and a school dance changed his attitude real fast!! Not much fun getting snobbed when you suddenly realise "hey, maybe she is kinda cute, I'll ask her to dance." Oh, hell no! I don't switch gears that fast buddy! LOL
ReplyDeleteGood for you rising above all that "noise" and listening to your true inner voice.
Kids can be so cruel. As we grow and change, we can only hope that they will, too.
ReplyDeleteGood for you that you did not let them wear you down. You rose above and obviously flourished.