I'm 38 years old.
When I look in the mirror, I sometimes remember being in my painting class in college and trying to do a self-portrait. It was not one of my more successful works. I could never get my own face right - the angles eluded me somehow.
When I look in the mirror, I don't see myself as having changed all that much from that 20 year old struggling with paint and brushes. The lines on my forehead are a bit more defined, but otherwise I don't think I look all that different. The hair is longer than it was then, and it's bottle-auburn shot through with bits of grey, not blonde. But the face is the same.
I wonder, will I still look in the mirror when I'm 70 and be able to see that same girl?
Comments (2)
Fantastic post Rachel. Great writing. I often think the same things , but I've never heard it put so well. Thank you.
Posted by mashby | March 22, 2004 9:27 AM
When I look in the mirror, and then compare it to, say, our wedding pictures, I see a fat old guy with more grey hair every day.
And yet somehow it sometimes feels that I only recently graduated from High school - even though it was more than half a lifetime ago.
Must be the Alzheimer's. I think I'm up to the 'h'.
Posted by Scott | March 22, 2004 11:06 AM