Art Therapy
Friday, January 21, 2011 at 2:10PM | by Katy (A follow-up to yesterday's post)
Dear Mom and Dad,
I spoke to my therapist yesterday, and he advised me to go ahead and get some things off my chest. This has been a long time coming, and I hope you'll forgive the very public venue...but I just can't bring myself to speak about this over the phone.
You see, I am scarred in an irreparable way from the applique dresses you used to FORCE me to wear to school. Remember picture day of 1989? The navy blue, applique duck dress? Some mean girl with her cool slap bracelets and 3 tiers of multicolored socks stole my lunch that day. I'll never forget it. Oh, and do you remember the fuchsia polka dot jumper that had my name embroidered on the front? You remember, mom, because you had one that matched! Yeah, well, let's just say picture day of 1992 was pretty terrible as well.
The good news is that I'm over all that now. With the help of a qualified team of psychiatric professionals, I'm able to let go of the fashion horror I endured at the hands of my well-intentioned parents.
Oh!
And should I even address the time that mom walked into my kindergarten class dressed like a clown? First of all, I didn't even know you had a clown costume on hand for such occasions. And second of all, what was the occasion? WAS there one? Do you know that because of you I became known as the Crazy Clown Lady's Pet Poodle? (And, let's be honest, the perm didn't help much either.)
What was I saying? Oh, about how I'm fine now. So, my doctor recommended that I use my love for graphics and working on the computer to express myself in more positive ways. Much more positive than screaming every time I see a clown or kicking live ducks for the heck of it.
Here's what I came up with:
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Do you see how completely ridiculous this is? And let's be honest, this little turtleneck romper ensemble is pretty tame compared to the crap you used to make me wear.
Love,
Katy
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Reader Comments (4)
Katy,
What you don't know is that your dad wore that exact outfit the last time we played golf on the Guy's Weekend! He looked soooo cute. However, he wouldn't let us take pictures. Sorry.
Eph
Katy, I am now officially addicted to your blog. No pressure, but I'm beginning to expect to laugh out loud every time I read it! thank you so much for the "Laugh Therapy."
Ouch!
Actually that is a very comfortable outfit......you just have to allow enough time if you have had a lot of coffee to drink. Know what I mean?