Ariana Getting Her First Ever Eyebrow Wax

It started with being asked what we where there for. My response? "We are here to wax the Chia Pet!" A laugh and look of bewilderment ran across the receptionist's face. She wasn't expecting that response. I mean, who comes in and says anything like that? Me.

Ariana had brought her best friend Aurora as emotional support, and I was helping to break the ice a bit and provide the comic relief that I know Ariana needed. You could see the little beads of perspiration already breaking out on her brow with the anticipation of the pain to come. But she asked for it. This was her choice, not mine. In fact, it is what she choose to have done as her reward for doing so well lately. Only us girls would ever be this silly to our bodies.

So, since I have missed so many of her firsts in this life, I feel completely obligated to capture all these milestones now. And beautifying has got to be one of our milestones as females, right? I was actually eager to see Ariana's response to this, to the pain that is involved in waxing, to be exact. And what was her response? She was fine; not a tear was shed. Seriously? The girl who cries over popping a zit was unmoved at having a complete stranger rip many small hairs off of her brows. Really? I couldn't believe it. All for the sake of beauty. If that doesn't show the power of one's mind, I really don't know what does. She perceived that the benefits far outweighed the cost, and so, voilà, no biggie.

Girls, we are silly sometimes. And to my little girl—yes, you will forever be my little girl, who is a little less chia (albeit temporarily), welcome to the world of waxing. This would fall under "one of those things" I never dreamt about walking my child through when I thought of being a mom. ;)

It does beg the question, though: how much is too much, and are we teaching our daughters about true beauty?