You can learn anything<\/p>\n
from YouTube.<\/p>\n
Lately, this has been eye shadow<\/p>\n
and how to choose foundation.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
And, no, I am not a teenager.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
When I was a teenager,<\/p>\n
zipping round the rink<\/p>\n
to the evangelical enthusiasm<\/p>\n
of Newsboys’ “Shine,”<\/p>\n
I turned up my nose<\/p>\n
at the two boldly made-up girls<\/p>\n
and their dangling silver-dollar sized hoops.<\/p>\n
After all, had not Alcott’s hero<\/p>\n
been aghast to discover<\/p>\n
his love interest “painted” her face?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Now, having lost interest in being<\/p>\n
an old-fashioned “good girl”<\/p>\n
(at least, beyond the demands of my paycheck),<\/p>\n
I wonder if I can be bolder.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The worlds war.<\/p>\n
Watching “before” and “after” faces–<\/p>\n
it seems that each<\/p>\n
has both\u00a0lost and gained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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