Reason #432 that Her Hotness Rocks
This is Girl 16 when she was Girl 12. She calls it her awkward stage and laughs about it. Hey, we all have them. Mine has lasted 24 years and counting (see the pic at the end of this post. That’s Joe 16.)
I didn’t see anything laughable about her at the time, though I know what she means now when she says it.
Around that time, during one of her Grandma’s many visits to where we lived in Arizona, said Grandma pulled Her Hotness aside.
“Why don’t you suggest to her that she would look better with contacts?” (or something close to that. Her wording may have been gentler then I remember it.)
Her Hotness was not at all surprised. Her mother is like that. Very image-conscious and very willing to help others be image conscious—for their own good, of course. But if she was not surprised, neither was she cowed.
“No, I won’t,” she said. “I’ll never suggest that says she’s anything but beautiful.”
How awesome is that?? Girl 16, you might forget it sometimes, but your Mom ROCKS!
January 26th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
That seriously is the mark of a truly great parent. Huzzah!
February 5th, 2009 at 12:22 am
Hey fathered, can you lick your elbow? Try it with the fam. I published a video on my blog of the event. It was great fun. It’s supposed to be impossible. Yeah right.