Posts tagged childhood

The other night as we were getting ready to go out to dinner, my 9-year old daughter walked out of the bathroom with black smudged around one eye:

- Are you wearing eyeliner?, I asked.

- No.

- What’s on your eyes?

- Mascara.

Then she asked which one of my tops she could borrow and wear to dinner.

Here she is, trying to tie my sarong the way she has seen me wear it. She’s still young enough to have to stand on the bed to see herself in the mirror, but I can see it…the beginning of a grace that hints at what she will be - a woman - instead of what she is now: a young girl.