keepin it real with Sophie

As you know, I am a makeup artist by profession. And I have been incredibly blessed with great skin...and I am not just tooting my own here people...I'm for serious, I really do.

So, I was scheduled to work the weekend before Christmas and I had a massive, in my book, double pimple on my chin. It was the underground version that hurts so incredibly bad when you even think of touching it. And against my own judgement, I picked it the night before work...why does that always happen. Fast forward to the day of work and I have used every artist trick I know to hide this sucker and it could not be more obvious. I feel like I am looking pretty good otherwise but all morning I can't help but keep checking to see if my "friend" is covered up.

I asked Brian to please bring me lunch because the mall gets CRAZY around the holidays you know! So he shows up with my 2 beautiful daughters. We eat lunch and I am gearing up to head back in to the store when Sophie comes up to me , hugs me and says, Mommy you have a big booboo on your chin, I said, I know Sophie, it hurts! She then proceeds to say, will anyone really buy makeup from you with that on your chin? Because, I wouldn't, I would tell you it's gross. I. sat. there. stunned...I think in her 5 year old brain, she was just keeping it real. But to my 32 year old self, I was embarrassed, insecure and wanted to crawl into a hole to cry.

Moral of this story, Leave your low self esteem at home!