A couple of weeks ago my friend and avid reader of Perfect Imperfection (hehehehe) Terry (hey girl) sent me a facebook invite to an event called Tell Her She's Beautiful. I immediately kissed my teeth and proceeded to click the ignore button but something told me to take a look and I’m glad I did. This “event” was created for you to take the time out to tell all women in your life that they are beautiful because we all are, in our own unique way.
I grew up feeling very unattractive. I never was the same size as the girls in my class, I never dressed like them, and even my hair was different. I hated my nose and swore I was going to get a nose job when I turned of age. I wish there was someone to just look at me and say, you’re beautiful just the way you are.
Because I understand the struggle of being a pre teen and early teenager and not fitting in society’s image of being perfect, I’ve made it a habit of telling the two important teenage girls in my life, my little cousin Kaylah and god daughter Martina, how beautiful they are. But I just don’t focus on outward beauty; I stress the importance of accepting and loving who are and being beautiful on the inside because that’s where it matters most. I’ll continue to spread the word to my younger cousins and nieces as they get older, that beauty is how you feel inside and it will reflect in your eyes and radiate from your spirit.
Who would have thought this self conscious, awkward 13 year old with the crooked smile, horrible choice of glasses, thick eyebrows, naturally curly hair and mouth full of metal would have turned into this intelligent, educated, self assured, beautiful goddess (yes I called myself a goddess).
So take some time out of your schedule today and tell the women in your life how beautiful they are!
*Cue my outro: Unpretty by TLC* lol
“Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart." Khalil Gibran, (1883 - 1931)
