Tina Fey's "Prayer For My Daughter"

[pasley]

First, Lord: No tattoos. May neither Chinese symbol for truth nor Winnie-the-Pooh holding the FSU logo stain her tender haunches.

May she be Beautiful but not Damaged, for it’s the Damage that draws the creepy soccer coach’s eye, not the Beauty.

When the Crystal Meth is offered, May she remember the parents who cut her grapes in half and stick with

Comments

[beviad]

Great! Shocking but completely accurate in depicting a mother's desires and horrors.

[toughlovemuse]

Saw this when Scott tweeted it and it makes me cry.

The whole bit about delayed gratitude is SO TRUE. I think I called my mom just about every day to apologize when Ada was just born.