Day 19

Self-Portrait: Post a picture of you that you like, write about yourself, post a video - what do you want your self-portrait to say about you?

  This picture was taken last June when I was in my best friend's wedding.  It was a day I felt very pretty.  I got compliments all day about how I wore the bronze dress so well on my lanky body with my FL tan and brunette hair.  I think the smile I wore all day was my best compliment to that dress, because I was genuinely happy for Sarah & Nate, and so truly honored to be a part of their wedding party with my other best friends, as well as some new ones (like my escort, Aziz, next to me).
   In my last blog, I spoke about classiness.  Weddings are THE place to have class.  I have always had an issue with girls who put on a dress and don't act like a lady- no matter what age you are.  It's a mother, or aunt, or older sister's responsibility to teach the younger women in their family how to act with poise and grace in public.  
   That being said- the gushing idiots we were the weekend prior to Sarah getting married were what make me love my friends and myself.  In our gigantic hotel room in Lancaster, there were anywhere from 5-10 girls in and out all weekend for wedding activities and having not seen each other for such a long time, we were not classy.  We screeched, we jumped, we ran around in our underwear, we flung things around, we acted like 14-year-olds and I loved it.  But the second we left the old house the day of Sarah & Nate's wedding, and walked one-by-one down the center isle, our beautiful smiles were upon our faces, we were composed, poised and classy women.
   I want my self-portrait some day to be me sitting very eloquently, and obviously proud of everything I have accomplished in my lifetime.  However, I want to make sure whoever is painting/photographing/drawing me catches the slight smirk or twinkle in my eye the shows the fun and amusing person I was with those closest to me.