I am a little bit late in doing so, but I can officially cross two items off my ten year list. On Tuesday March 30, 2010 a very good friend of mine walked past me and told me I looked beautiful, as I always did. At first I was hesitant to believe him, because of all days to tell me so, he picked the one day I looked absolutely awful. Hair pulled back in a sloppy ponytail, wearing a baggy sweatshirt and no makeup whatsoever. However, his comment had me smiling like an idiot for the remainder of the day, and most of the night. As I thought about what he had said, it occurred to me, that perhaps he picked that day to tell me because I hadn’t put the effort in to my appearance, and that didn’t matter. Even though I looked as if I had rolled out of bed, I still looked beautiful to someone. Because of that realization I understood that I was smiling because the comment made me feel happy, made me feel good about myself.
So, to the friend who tells me I look beautiful on days when I look a mess, to the friend who seems to always be able to make me laugh, and to the friend who made me honestly smile for the first time in a while, Thank You.
