This Monday I have used my own mom as a fill-in. I truly believe this is how she would want to be portrayed:
Super, super, super young. My mom is obsessed with being young. Her favorite story to tell is the time a stranger asked if my brother was her brother. "No, no, no," she giggled. "He's my son!" This is nothing to brag about, the nasty old man was hitting on you, mom.
My mom will stare with a DESPERATE desperation at my cousin and beg for her secrets, "Aram, how do you not have any wrinkles?" My cousin will answer, "Gomo, because I'm 21."
My mom sleeps on her back, facing up. All night. Like a corpse. She says it's the only way to keep your skin smooth and sag-free.
She was CRAZY, old school cheap when I was growing up. If I poured myself a bowl of cereal only to realize the milk had been spoiled, she would still make me eat it. We never wasted food. Chico, CA (my hometown) has blistering summers. 100+ degrees day after day after day is nothing out of the ordinary. Never, ever, EVER were we allowed to put on the air conditioner. We had central air! Now that is wasteful.
Today, it all makes sense. My mom has saved all her money for expensive creams, masks, and treatments to keep her looking young. She scarified her own kid's comfort for her looks. It kills me to say it, but it worked:
This is a picture of my mom and my uncle. She is well into her 50s.
I know most people would normally be really excited to inherit such young-looking genes, except this isn't genetic. The only way I will look like that is if I use the nightly 40 minute hydrogel masks she keeps sending me (Scott is freaked out by them - it's kinda like covering your skin with someone else's. I imagine anyways) and NEVER touch my face again.
Sometimes I have allergies! My eyes get itchy.
Anyways, enough sharing. More images please: julianna.w.rose@gmail.com
your mom is soooo cute. i remember meeting her at Sylvester's once when my mom was visiting, too. adorabs!
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