Sunday, September 19, 2010

my girl rockin' the ear piercing

She's only ten but with her menarche comes her decision to get her ears pierced.  She seems so young...this tall girl of mine, but it is her rite of passage, and my heart swells.  Here she is before...excited, curious..




Choosing her earrings.




Getting all set up...chatting...lots of older ladies standing in the background with smiles on their faces, watching, remembering...

Holy crap that stings!!!!!


Glad that's over...though the realization that she has two ears sets in...


Getting ready..almost done.




Ahh man...yeah, it still hurts.


The world is re-made and new again.  All the ladies looking on clutch their shopping carts and beam at Jewel.  Lots of questions from them and sweet comments.  This whole little girl woman thing makes me laugh and cry all at once.


Funky van in the parking lot...we would have loved to meet these people...