Today, I found two old photos, picturing myself and my sister Willow at about the same time. My first thought, naturally, was “Oh, who are those precious babies?” Then I looked more closely at the photo of Willow. That impressively golden hair. That sweet oval-shaped face. That gorgeous complexion (which really confuses me, since she was always complaining about it), perfectly smooth ivory with those rosy cheeks. And on top of it all, blue eyes. Which are really dilated in this picture, now that I look closely. I mean, even among friends and family it was: “Diana (our other sister, well, at the time) is beautiful, Kat is cute, Willow is useful.” No one seemed to comment on how Willow looked. Maybe it was the giant glasses she isn’t wearing in this picture. Which might account for why her eyes are so dilated.
Even at the time, I thought “Don’t listen to them, they’re just being jerks.” But looking at this picture now, I think that they were also blind. So, people out there on the internet, if someone calls you ugly you can be sure that they are just being a jerk. But take a moment and actually look at yourself; because they might be a jerk and wrong.
On the other hand, I might have been a cute kid but I’m really glad I grew into my nose. Seeing myself blonde, and with bangs, is weird. If it wasn’t for the “Why do I have to smile at this idiot?” expression, I wouldn’t know it was me. Well, two parts “Why do I have to smile at this idiot?” and one part “If this keeps up I’m going to kill you all.”.
