Reflections: How I see myself in the mirror 54 Articles

by Hadassah Hope Cornish

My mother once asked me how I saw myself in the mirror. I did some soul searching that morning while staring at my reflection in the mirror. How do you sit down face to face with your Mother and tell her that you don't l...read more

by Elizabeth Stewart

"She's pretty," I think, unabashedly staring at her through the reflection in the window of the subway. I wonder if she notices. Rosy red full cheeks, sans makeup, how brave she must be to go out with a naked face. Thos...read more

by Christina Thompson

I ask myself all the time if I look different, seem different, feel different, but really I am just a more informed version of who I was twenty years ago. I have looked back at decisions I have made in life & the decision...read more

by C. Pierce

It is funny, how things have changed for you over the years. You are but nineteen and one half, and have lived through many more struggles than most will ever come to know. Looking into the mirror has always been a big thi...read more

by Joan Saldanha

I see a woman with many layers and as each year goes by these layers appear to be deeper than I thought. As I unveil one, another appears. It can be quite overwhelming but it's what makes life interesting, it's what makes...read more

by A. Moulton

The funny thing about being a woman is being able to look at yourself in the mirror every day and see a different person. Maybe it's not all about being a woman, but from my experiences with the men in my life, they don't ...read more

by Vicki Phipps

When I look into a mirror, I see myself as eighteen. Although I am now fifty-two, when I became legally blind I began to see myself through the view of eternal youth. Wrinkles and lines hide when you're legally blind, s...read more

by Michelle N. Broughton

Okay, that does it! I have heard excuses one too many times for being a housewife! Who the heck thinks they are so much better than the woman of the home? Who dares compare themselves in even the smallest fashion to thi...read more

by Rich Harrington

Maybe today was the first time in a long time I've looked at myself in the mirror. Who is that old guy? Where did all those wrinkles come from? When did my mustache get so white? Time and troubles have etched themselve...read more

by Carolyn Mobley

Today I rose from my bed brushing my hair across my head. Starching my back side I ran the cool water in my hand to wash away the nights sand. Straighten up I took a look into the mirror I was not there! Who was this pe...read more

by E.A. Deroe

Mirror. An article that can be carried in a pocket or so enormous it covers the largest skyscraper. Both still reflect what is standing in front of it. Some are made to alter the image, making it appear larger, smaller,...read more

by Belinda Keifer

I look but only if I have to. What I see is something hideous. I don't like to look and when I do I stare. Disbelief grips me. Tears often fill my eyes. My stomach feels sick. I long for a simple way to fix what I see. ...read more

by Elena Ryder

Mirror, mirror, on the wall, what do you see when I stand up tall? Let me polish you first, so you can see, without dust and smudges, and with the freedom to be, who I am. Are you looking back, with the laugh lines we sh...read more

by -b

Walking into the room, I refrain from looking over in the corner. I know the mirror's there yet I avoid it at all costs. I catch my reflection out of the corner of my eye as I move across the room and decide to look once m...read more

by Amanda Sims

I used to be thin, not skinny or sickly, but thin- 125 lbs. Five years later, I have two kids, a husband, and I am a stay at home mom. When I started gaining weight, I would look in my mirror and cry. I swore I was ugly an...read more

by Suzette Harris

How I see myself in the mirror, depends a lot on my mood. If I am in a good mood, then I will look and say, well no wrinkles, my hair is nice today, I love my green eyes, do I look slimmer in this? I will like what I see...read more

by Connie Tredway

Reflections: How I see myself in the mirror As I approached my 49th birthday I stood in front of my floor length mirror; just looking to see what was looking at me. Truth is I was looking and wondering why my exterior ...read more

by Just Me Here

REFLECTIONS: HOW I SEE MYSELF IN THE MIRROR When I look at the face starring back at me in the mirror I often wonder, just who is she? She looks like me, but sometimes she thinks so differently then I was taught. I try...read more

by Cefuentes

For as long as i can remember, I have been comfortable in my own skin, except during the dark time when I was finding myself. I have the confidence that even if I do not own the perfection of physical attributes, I have in...read more

by Dr.A.Romect

"You are a pretty girl, for your size.", is what I've been told all my life, from family, to friends, and strangers, though the strangers said nothing about my size I knew that is what they were thinking also. How I seen m...read more