There’s this cute little memory I have of her. I’m not quite sure how to describe it. Something of a moment between self-awareness & self-acceptqnce …
She’s a Midwest girl, though moved out to the west coast. First the pacific northwest, then closer to LA…
Anyways…Midwest girls have this genuine beauty which they often don’t recognize because of all the plastic barbies on the billboards. I don’t think they can really recognize it until they leave home, since…I took it for granted…
Well, the story she was telling me was about some random boy who asked where she was from, because he could tell from her smile, how… kind it is. I don’t think he said kind, that’s just the right word.
Anyways…she was telling me this story, and my reaction was… I’m not exactly sure; it was probably one of those “Sweet” moments where I don’t realize the significance until much later…
Anyways, if I had to sum up my reaction, it was probably something like:
“Of course; isn’t that obvious?”
Kinda like she was surprised how unsurprised I was that someone would compliment her smile…
Happy *ife; Happy *ife