You are all so beautiful. With your perfect shades of olive skin tones, gorgeous thick dark hair, and deep chocolate eyes you are the kind of beauty that makes people sit up and take notice. You will be complimented, fawned over, and probably stop traffic at least a dozen times in your lives. Eventually, you will perfect the humble blush, though I beg you not to bat your eyelashes. Girls, you should appreciate the gorgeous view you give to those around you. But you should never choose a relationship based solely on the outside... yours or his. Don't let some guy have entire conversations with your chest. More importantly, make him have conversations with you.
Let it be what you think about. What you know about. What you feel about.
You've got the beauty. You've got it in the ease of your confidence. You've got it in the quiet way you tuck your hair behind your ears and the singular way you stride into a room. Those are easy to see. Make him look further. Show the rest of your beauty. Show it in the way you discuss the last book you read or your hard won talent to be the best at who you are. Show it in the tremendous sense of humor you inherited from your mama. Show it in the heart you manage to hold open despite the cold beating down your door.
Make sure he talks to you. And, more often, listens. You have something to say.
Make sure he respects you as much as he does himself. You are whole human beings who deserve to walk beside someone, not behind them.
Make sure he eats your cooking. Unless you didn't learn it from me...then make sure he pulls the chair out for you when you go out to eat (even if it's to get another look at your backside).
And, yes, make sure he always sees how stunningly gorgeous you are. You deserve to be oohed and ahhed over. I've been doing it since the day you were born. I'm not saying the cover of your book isn't important, I'm saying the story of who you are deserves to be appreciated beyond the pretty packaging.
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