When I was 12, my art teacher gave us an assignment to do a self-portrait. I was happy how my drawing was coming together when a boy from my class walked by my desk and said “That’s way prettier than you are.” I was taken a back, but silently took a mental note that I see myself prettier than I actually am.
Two years ago, I had to draw a self portrait to make a show flyer and I asked my husband if my drawing was prettier than actual me. He looked a little perplexed and asked why. I told the story from my art class all those years ago and his response was, “What a jerk!” He is right, the boy was being a jerk!
How often a careless comment impacts us however big or small? And it stung me that the boy probably doesn’t even remember making the comment. I was letting a ghost make a ghost out of me. This song came from the thought and my hope to not get trapped by a ghost again.