So Afraid...of ME!

I know, If you met me at walmart, and you were standing behind the service desk, or at a checkout, you might be really afraid of me. (I tend to get a little testy when shopping!) Or if you were to be in the car with me at 7:00 p.m. and I haven't had dinner yet, YES, you would be sorely afraid of me! (I am a bear if not fed!) And even yet, if you were to even TRY to mess with MY family...you would run...and hide...and stay very far away! (I tend to defend them, stand up for them, and protect them at ALL cost!)

And even "I" am afraid of "ME"! Not because of any of the aformentioned reasons...but I have come to the conclusion that I have a real fear of how I look! How ridiculously insane is this? I obviously can't run and hide from myself...I present myself to many parents and children daily...at work, shopping, at the pool, paying bills, family functions...etc. So if I am okay going out in public, and letting the entire world see ME, why then would I "hide" whenever the camera comes along?

I was frantically looking for a picture of me to put in a book for preschool that we had recently made. I looked in EVERY photo envelope I had (at least 65) and not one, no, not ONE single picture of me...how sad is that!

So I resolve that from this day forward, no matter what my body shape, size, hair color, etc. I will learn to let the camera be my friend and quit hiding behind it--pretending to be the photographer!

And just maybe, I will be motivated enough to change this image I see, into something a little "eye" friendlier for me and everyone else who has to look!

eye sores and photoshots!

Alison