No makeup

When I was in college, my roommate (who I secretly adored and idolized) caught me on my way to work one morning. I had just put on my make-up , which at the time was a grueling one hour ordeal of primping and preening.

He said to me, "I don't understand how you can wake up looking so ugly and leave looking so beautiful."

These words still itch under my skin and burn into my heart.

It's been 12 years.