Strokes aren’t pretty.
They aren’t.
I’m not.
Now, I can hear you sputtering about how I should find mysel beautiful, and I do.
I’m just not PRETTY.
Pretty can fade with time.
Pretty is swallowed by ugliness in your soul
Pretty is like candy. It’s good, it’s fun, you want some, but it won’t FEED you.
I’m beautiful.
It’s a trait I’m learning to say without feeling that it has to be hidden.
I’m beautiful.
I’m the role model to little girls who are growing up in a world that values the PRETTY, not the BEAUTIFUL.
I’m beautiful.
The part of me that still laughs. The part of me that cries in frustration, then gets up to try again. The part would rather look ugly, but honest.
THAT’S BEAUTIFUL.
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My friend Karen has an amazing way of seeing the beauty in everyone.
If you haven’t tried to say KAREN WALROND FROM CHOOKOOLOONKS after a stroke, you should.
That was fun.
Thanks for that, Karen!
I am blown away by this post and this video. Can’t wait to show this to my daughter. Thank you for reminding us to celebrate our differences!
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For every gloriously beautiful woman I know I wrote this http://freeanissa.com/al & then I was shown THIS http://youtu.be/M6wJl37N9C0
Not only are you beautiful – but you also possess incredible strength.
It’s that strength that gets you past the pretty and let’s you see the beautiful in yourself.
Sometimes we are our own biggest obstacles.
You are one amazing lady!
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WOW – for lack of adequate verbage to describe. Absolutely awesome!
And this is what I will be teaching my daughter!
The little girl down the road grew up to be a truly beautiful woman, the likes of which is rare!
You rock girl!
Thank you so, so much for this post. This is exactly what I’ve been thinking about in the last few weeks and this sums it up beautifully. Being pretty is nice – but being beautiful is what is really special; what is really important.
Not sure if you have seen this video – Katie Makkai at a poetry slam talking about the word “pretty” http://youtu.be/M6wJl37N9C0
OMG! She is amazing. That is exactly what I feel!
I sent your post to my teenage daughter. I want her to read your line about pretty being like candy. YOU ARE BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love always enjoy your blog, but this one blew me away.
I love this post. That is all.
thanks for writing this. You are inspirational in so many ways. . .
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You are most definitely beautiful and both you and Karen rock my world.
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You share you beauty here and that’s a gift. Thanks!
LOVE THIS!!! We are all pretty.We need to embrace that idea and really strive to believe it. It’s tough. I think I am real pretty most days. Until I walk outside and am surrounded by TRULY pretty people outside my sircle.
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I love the crap out of this post, just so you know.
And yes, you are beautiful.
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I love the crap out of you. That is all.
A beautiful video of beautiful women. How great to see one women celebrate their own and others’ beauty.
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It was a gift that Karen was able to that.
If you haven’t read the Crossroads Cafe by Deborah Smith, I highly recommend. It is very funny, and really puts in perspective the real meaning of beautiful.
You’re right. Beauty is a choice.
Each and every one a beauty. Thank you, Anissa, for sharing this. You, my Dear, are a Doll.
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I’m glad I was able to share them with you. I know they made my day.