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It’s funny how a person (me) who used to aim for perfection (ha!) now finds beauty in less-than-perfect things. That photograph of the brick wall that I used for today’s quote? I took it while I was on a tour of the Seattle Underground last month. Interesting story, that. The tour consists of walking the main streets and first-floor storefronts of old downtown …
For so many years I didn’t know what to do with that word — Beautiful. It didn’t apply to me, and yet I kept running into it and being reminded I wasn’t one of the beautiful girls. Not even close. Now why, you might wonder, would I think that? Pretty simple: I heard in blunt terms that I was ugly. NOTE: Please …
Most of my days start with a good 3 1/2 mile walk with my friend Mary. We walk and talk — and we look for “a little bit of pretty,” as we’ve come to call it. It all started when we noticed a wooden bench in a yard we were walking past — a little bit of pretty, even though …
“Happy girls are the prettiest.” (1929-1993), Audrey Hepburn, actress Aren’t the girls in that photo pretty? Yes, I’m incredibly biased. You’re looking at a photo of my youngest daughter, my two oldest daughters (one’s the bride), and my daughter-in-love. They are each beautiful, inside and out. But look closer at that photo. Their beauty is accentuated because they …
The only ugliness is that of the heart, seen through the face. And though beauty be obvious, the only loveliness is invisible.~ Herman Melville (1819-1891), American novelist This is one of those quotes that I need to read s-l-o-w-l-y. I knew I liked it the first time I read it … but wait … did I understand it? Let me …
