I am that girl who asks the questions she really can’t handle the answers to.
I am that girl who misplaces her neck cream and finds it days later under her bed.
I am that girl who plays imaginary Go Fish with invisible cards at a table of two year olds.
I am that girl who gets nostalgic each time she makes a smoothie in the blender she received as a wedding gift.
I am that girl who lives for heels but lives in flats.
I am that girl who hoards paper and stationery.
I am that girl who used to paint and draw.
I am that girl who buys fresh ginger week after week just to find them all shriveled on the kitchen countertop month after month.
I am that girl who has half used tubes of lotion and random lipgloss in each and every bag.
I am that girl who can pull splinters out of tiny hands with her finger tips, pick tan bark out of a preschooler’s nostril, and clear pebbles out of a lower lid, but doesn’t know how to properly file her own nails.
I am that girl who asks salespeople how business is doing and how construction affects their foot traffic while browsing downtown because she actually cares to know.
I am that girl who mindfully conditions her hair only to tie it up in a ponytail every day.
I am that girl who always tries to book her haircut within three days of wanting it done.
I spend so much time thinking of what I should have done and the kind of person I ought to be by now. Sometimes the big picture is too much for a Wednesday. I spend so much time thinking of what I am not, that some mornings it is good to think of what I am.
I am that girl today who looks around her and thinks, “This is not half bad.” I am that girl who is owning it. We should all be so lucky to be that girl. Be that girl. If only for today.
Dear BP,
Sometimes the big picture is too much for a Wednesday. Best line for the week. I got your number and you back if you needed it,
Love,
Shalagh
Love this!
apologies for just responding now! Thank you for having my back 😉
Hi Anne! Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed this post! You're that girl too, right?