<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Sithy Things]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://aggiesprite.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[LC Aggie Sith]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://aggiesprite.wordpress.com/author/aggiesprite/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Mirror, Mirror]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s the title of one of my favorite <em>Star Trek</em> episodes<em>.</em> Parallel universe and Mr. Spock in a goatee. Doesn&#8217;t get any more fun than that!</p>
<p>Sometimes I feel like I&#8217;m caught in a parallel universe. I was in the bathroom cleaning up prior to scouring the counters when I looked up and thought, &#8220;That&#8217;s my MOM!!!&#8221;</p>
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<p>Now, don&#8217;t get me wrong. My mom is a very good looking woman. I only WISH I looked like her! But it wasn&#8217;t that I witnessed her physical beauty in my mirror.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s just that I have her &#8220;11&#8221; between my eyes.</p>
<p>You know what I mean. The two lines constantly frowning, even when you aren&#8217;t worried or angry? Yeah, <em>those!!!</em> So, after I stopped ogling at the mirror, I did what any rational woman would do. I washed my face and slathered intensive wrinkle cream on my forehead, and started smiling at everything. Not even the dog having an accident wiped the smile off my face.</p>
<p>It doesn&#8217;t mean I won&#8217;t ever get mad. It just means I will be smiling while yelling 😉</p>
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