"and i think that was part of the first time that anybody ever told me i looked beautiful. and that, that was, you know, something i really didn't know how to cope with. i was very embarrassed by it, i guess"
short, simple, yet intimately affecting. not only a memory but a mourning of fleeting love for one's self, a glamour briefly felt yet ultimately, lost. betty's story brought to light something i feel i've always known: beauty introduces a…