Dear Pen Pal,

Thank you for the candy you sent last fall, mom lets me eat 2 per day but..

I sneak more when she is sleep.

I’ve been watching American television and I have a big girl question.

Next time can you send make-up?

I see all the famous pretty boys and girls wear it, so I want to be pretty too!

My mother says it’s only for smucks and sinners but I do not believe her.

When I grow up, I want to live on one of those top floor houses, party till tomorrow

And wear those tight dresses.

The girls like Rihanna are very naughty and have wild hair but seem so fun.

When I grow up I want all my classmates and bullies to kiss my feet!

Love Lilu.

Dear Lilu,

Never speak the words that you have written in this message again

Have you lost your mind?

You are worth the image of “beauty” that God has bestowed upon you

Honey you listen to your mother, for she will teach you the way

Sneak nowhere, unless it’s on your knees to pray.

If that junk comes on your television then throw it out the WINDOW!

Make-Up is for the big screen and on the streets it is for the cowards.

You go be beautiful, for you are a 12 year old tear from Gods tear ducts

Racing to quench the thirst

Of mourning spirits

Natural beauty outwits artificial beauty like candy and fruit, once you strip the false from the true

The true is left rotten

You have hair that puts shame to horses

You have skin that gives sateen sheets a rough texture

Your body must be treated like the most prized possession classic automobile

And you don’t alter a Classic, you keep it Authentic

Do not fear to be yourself, because no one can be you

Better than you  

To the ones who feel otherwise about natural beauty

Who needs them? Because they don’t know beauty

They just know what they are told on the “facts about cosmetics” label

Humbleness is true beauty..

Speak life into others…

Natural is true beauty…

Be courageous. Be spontaneous. Be optimistic.

You .. Are .. Beautiful