Truly Sandra

Just because you are only 3 does not mean you have to be rude!

This morning while I was having breakfast with my 3 1/2 year old, I noticed her staring at my arms. I asked her what she was looking at….”I’m just counting the freckles on your hands” she replied innocently. Now just to be clear, I have never had freckles and at this late in the game doubt that I ever will. What my lovely little lady was counting, were age spots that appear to be cropping up at an incredibly rapid pace.

I believe it was just yesterday, yup, for sure yesterday, that I only had two, maybe three, of the light brown sporadic dots…today I woke up with thousands and they are no longer just on my hands they seem to be invading all areas of my body. Can you say mortified!

When I first met my husband he nicknamed me “Miss Lily” due to my pale skin tone. His new term of endearment for me is “Spot”. This is the reason I loathe nicknames.

So, what is a girl to do? Upon further investigation I have come to know that age spots are caused by exposure to the sun. This information, however, comes to me a little late. Not to mention, it is hard to find a tree on a beach to sit under. Even if I did, I am the only person I know who can burn whilst sitting under an umbrella wearing 50 SPF sunscreen! It’s true, I swear!

Hydroquinone…apparently, if I dab this “safe” lightening agent onto my spots everyday for a minimum of one month they become unnoticeable. I’m sure I don’t need to tell you what I will be fixating on for the next little while.

I would like to know, exactly how it is a woman is to “grow old gracefully”. Everyday something is either shifting, sagging or appearing. It’s a full time job just trying to keep up! It seems to me that there is nothing distinguished about it. If “gracefully” includes having to lotion up with age defying creams on a daily basis well, I guess I am indeed quite elegant.

Also, what male, and I am sure it was, coined the phrase “children keep you young”? I am downright exhausted physically and mentally by the time evening falls, my legs hurt, my body aches and my brain is numb…not to mention those age spots did not materialize until AFTER childbirth!

Do you see the turmoil a 3 year old and a bad nickname can cause?

Sandra

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