… YOU IS IMPORTANT!

Hi everyone, it’s me, your friendly, neighborhood “REAL CAT” with some EPIC life hacks for ya … not the least of which is THIS:

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:

Before the clock strikes that hour when your beloved is gonna walk through your door, slap some lipstick on it, brush your teeth, and give that lucky person driving home to you right now a ‘lil somethin’ to look forward to! Oh, and clean out your jewelry box! Okay, that’s it!

Meanwhile, how ’bout THIS self-portrait of mine Circa “sometime in the late 1980’s” that I drew using a charcoal pencil and the literal ashes from my father’s ashtray?

Yes, that’s right, my friends – evidently THIS is what I used to see when I gazed into a mirror. Pretty effing sad, dontcha think? For YEARS, if not three full decades, my reflection was either missing or just TRAGICALLY gone awry. 

That was then.

THIS IS NOW!

I’m a beautifully IMPERFECT masterpiece of magnanimous proportion who actually blows KISSES to herself in the mirror pretty much every time I get. No, REALLY! I do that! My “self talk” game is on FLEEK now! Wait! Is THAT how the young ‘uns say it?

Lol! Here’s me this morning when I first woke up and saw myself in the looking glass whilst looking like the actual creature from beyond:

“Love you, bitch! MUAH!” 💋

{PS}

If you’ve never seen “The Help“, I cannot recommend it enough. Not only is a major lesson for those who don’t fully understand the UGLY truth about American history, but Viola Davis is probably one of my favorite actors of all times. Her portrayal of “Aibileen Clark” (who I mistakenly said was “Minnie” in the video) literally changed the way I speak to myself, EVERY, single, day … AND the way that I hope MY daughter, HER daughters, and my future GRANDdaughters will “self-talk” themselves for as long as my legacy lives on. Just thought I’d share.