grace flows down: Growing pains

1.05.2004

Growing pains

As I was cleaning out my closet today and discarding clothes I don't often wear, I discovered something frightful. I'm getting an old body, or better "more mature." The pants my mother altered to fit my 20 inch waist at skinny 16 no longer close properly. Yikes! This is dreadfully disheartening. "If only I could fit into college jeans" takes on new meaning...

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