This, this is about my own some-day daughter. When you approach me, already stung-stayed with insecurity, begging, “Mom, will I be pretty? Will I be pretty?” I will wipe that question from your mouth like cheap lipstick and answer, “No! The word pretty is unworthy of everything you will be, and no child of mine will be contained in five letters.

Katie Makkai ripped this one.

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    This is amazingly awesome and beyond beautiful. Got to love the spoken word.
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  14. jnetlaughs said: I love when we love the same things. I’ve posted this video before. Now I get to watch it again :D
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