I hate waterproof mascara. It is dreadful to apply often times leaving your lashes resembling mutant tarantulas and it never, I mean NEVER wants to come off. I have used soap in the hot shower, cold cream, make-up removal wipes and a variety of oily make-up removers all to no avail. What I manage to always create is a gooby, globby mess resulting in my eyes adorning many less lashes than I began with. So why am I wearing waterproof mascara you ask?
Simple. I never know when I am going to cry. I might cry at a memory that flutters through my mind unexpectedly like a beautiful, elusive butterfly. Or a song that comes on the radio and reminds me. Maybe I will smell something, see something or hear something. I just never know.
Now this is a rather embarrassing predicament to find myself in as I am not normally characterized as a "cryer". As a matter of fact my reputation is completely the opposite. I'm known as a pretty strong gal. I'm the one people lean on in times of need. Let's face it, someone born into this world weighing a whopping 10 lbs 3 ounces aint probably gonna ever be known as dainty.
So why the spontaneous, unpredictable and at times uncontrollable bouts of weeping?
It all started the day my daughter died.
I love you!!! You're right you are solid as a rock....but it's okay for you to get your strength from us right now.
ReplyDeleteThanks Carol.....
DeleteLove you, Kim!!! (((Hugs to you)))
ReplyDeleteYou're an amazing woman Kim......absolutely amazing.
ReplyDeleteIt's okay to cry. It always bothers me when someone is crying and someone else says, "don't cry...sh...sh...don't cry now." Why not cry? Crying is cathartic and it really feels good to cry when we are hurting so bad we think we'll die. I don't apologize for crying although I do try to do it in private simply because I look like a spider monkey when I cry and it scares people. I keep a tube of waterproof mascara for times I know I'll be crying. I wore it to Lauren's visitation.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you--waterproof mascara doesn't run down your face in black streaks like Alice Cooper's stage makeup, but it's hell to take off. And don't EVER sleep in it! Your eyelashes will be permanently smashed and bent and Lauren would for sure tease you about that.
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