I love this book so much I want to share this with my children and force them to enjoy it. Okay, that is a bit harsh but this is such a funny and lighthearted book that I can't get enough.
For this week's connection I related it to the The Secrets of Mommy's Beauty. I think most women can relate to this chapter because Fey talks about "fighting decay" as we age, making sure we always look as young and as beautiful as society wants us to. We don't have a chance to sit back and let nature take its course because for most of us, we are allowing others to tell us what is best for our skin, our lives. Fey can be hilarious, but she speaks the truth and she says what she means well.
Overall, I love this book so much and I probably will read it this summer while tanning because that's what pretty girls do (or so Instagram and Pinterest say).
I think that the whole "fighting decay" idea is so interesting. One will see beauty people on YouTube talking about how they're 20 and using anti-wrinkle products so that they don't get wrinkles. In my opinion, wrinkles show laughter, pain, happiness, struggle, the list goes on. As one gets older, wrinkles begin to appear and don't necessarily show that someone is crazy old, but that someone is wise, and has been through things.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with Adi. Allowing yourself to "decay" shows you're experienced. Because I am a dancer, my feet are calloused, haggard, and abused, but I don't mind. The tap on the ground of every rough patch reminds me of all the hard work I went though to earn them, and I believe wrinkles are the kind of thing. Every wrinkle of a persons face describes and emotional journey that person took.
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