Beauty Marks the Spot
As a kid, whenever I’d point out a dark spot on my skin, my mother would refer to them as “beauty marks.” (It turns out, this is really what they’re called. My mother just wasn’t making stuff up… for once.) Over time, I’ve developed quite a few of these spots. So many in fact, over my entire body, that I am now possibly the most beautiful person in the world. I will pause a moment to allow jealousy to sink in.
Since the kids were born almost three and a half years ago, they have begun to develop a few beauty marks of their own. TheMonk, for example, happens to have a beautiful rib cage and a beautiful ear lobe. And until recently, Swee’Pea had only a beautiful shoulder to show off.
But a few weeks ago, I noticed that Swee’Pea had what looked like a small scab on her upper lip. Not wanting to scrub the scab off and risk scarring, I let it be. I carefully washed her face at night so as not to pick the scab that had developed and I was proud of the fact that I was being ever so cautious to protect the beauty of my little girl.
It turns out I was also being stupid.
You see, after all that time being careful, my daughter did not have a small scab on her upper lip after all. No, she had, in fact, developed her very own beauty mark on her very beautiful face.
I just thought it was a scab. (I’ll bet you’re done being jealous of me now, right?)
Now, if she’s anything like me, she’ll probably get a million more of these. But this is the one that’s gonna make her famous. I mean, if it happened to Cindy Crawford, it could certainly happen to Swee’Pea, right?
(And not yet aware of that pimple on her cheek.)
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I have a beauty mark on my upper lip as well. I hated it for years and tried concealing it with makeup. It didn’t work, so I gave up. Ane developed one on her upper lip around her first birthday as well. Initially, the Webmaster thought it was chocolate pudding and tried to scrub it off before I stopped him.
Comment by Deanna — November 12, 2008 @ 10:55 pm
Don’t make me think about your body!
Comment by Whit — November 12, 2008 @ 11:48 pm
Um. I cant even begin to tell you how delighted Swee’Pea will be to discover the diagram of her pimple. Nice going there, Dad!
Comment by Memphislis — November 13, 2008 @ 9:31 am
When she’s all famous, all the girls will be drawing one on their upper lip. Just like I might have done, thinking I was as cool as Julia Roberts. Might have. Maybe.
Comment by Issa — November 13, 2008 @ 10:27 am
I mean, we all KNEW that Swee’Pea’s a beautiful little girl. I guess she just needs to rub our noses in it.
(I am another of the have-a-beauty-mark-on-my-lip club. I’m glad to see another member. She’s making this club look GOOD. ^_^)
Comment by Allanna — November 13, 2008 @ 11:29 am
She is beautiful. Buy shot gun shells and saw off the end of your shotgun. You are going to need it.
Comment by DC Urban Dad — November 13, 2008 @ 2:43 pm
Made stuff up?
Comment by Grandmother — November 13, 2008 @ 5:51 pm
The idiot who took my senior portrait ‘retouched’ my above-the-lip beauty mark. I would have loved it if he had instead retouched the one on my ear – the one that people seriously think is dirt ALL THE TIME.
Comment by Karianna — November 14, 2008 @ 7:31 pm