60-something Mom Alice speaks to 40 yr old daughter Taylor in novel Pigs in Heaven. The beautiful Taylor has just complained about putting on a few pounds.
"Taylor, I have never heard you run yourself down before. You'd just as well jump off a bridge than to start in like that." Alice closes the washing machine lid and sighs. "When I was in my 30's and had these square little hips left over from being pregnant and I just hated it. I kept thinking, 'all those years, I had a perfect glamour girl body, and I didn't spend one minute appreciating it because I thought my nose had a bump on it.' And now I'm old and my shoulder hurts and I dont sleep good and my knuckles swell up and I think, 'All those years in my 30's and 40's I had a body where everything worked perfect. And I didn't spend one minute appreciating it because I thought I had square hips.' "
Taylor smiles. "I take your point."
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Tuned in to read about the funeral and found Kingsolver. Bravo Tim ! While I suspect this post is personally messaged- A big AMEN from the rest of us !! and now back to sports.....CNation
ReplyDeletehey CN, no personal message there, just too truthy to ignore. Thanks for writing!
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