A few weeks ago I went home for my grandmothers funeral. I met an extremely interesting man there, he is my fathers cousin's husband. The man and his wife, my father's cousin, take trips to Africa every once in a while. They were talking to my brother and I about the experiences they had there. They told us that so many children in Africa live in orphanages, due to the fact that everyone has AIDS. The married couple goes to the orphanages and visits the children and tries to help them out in all the ways that they can. They told us that they took around a Polaroid camera, and took individual pictures of all of the children. The children had never seen their reflection before they saw these Polaroid pictures. This really got to me, I got to thinking about our society and how much we care about our looks. I think if our society was not so concerned with how we look at every second, then we could potentially be a lot happier. To think about never seeing what I look like until I was younger is an insane thought, but this is these kids life. It made me think of how much I have and how lucky I am, but at the same time how conceited I can be. If i was not so concerned about what I looked like and looking in a mirror every few hours, I would probably be happier.
-Anna
To not see what I look like would be life changing. I wouldn't be so absorbed in what my hair looks like, if I look fat, or if my outfit matches. Some people are that less fortunate and to think that they can't see what we see is very upsetting.
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