Starting today, I'll be taking four days off to enjoy some mountain
scenery. Fresh air, blue skies, and forest -- I can hardly wait!

While I'm away, please check out something interesting at Life as I know it. She's made it quick and easy for us to watch three strong reminders of this unfortunate truth:

"No wonder our perception of beauty is distorted."

And what's especially tragic is how that distortion starts happening when we're just little girls.

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By the way, what do you think of the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty? Real thing? Or real-ly good marketing?

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If you send any dating or relationship questions my way, keep in mind that I won't be able to respond until next week!