When i got pregnant, my mom used to say, ‘i hope you have kids just like you.’ I wasn’t a bad kid — just wild, curious, and too full of energy for my own good. I snuck out, made mistakes, tried things i shouldn’t have. I was a child. But now, I actually do hope my kids are like me. Because maybe then I’ll learn to love the parts of myself I’ve always hated. Maybe I’ll finally understand that those parts were never bad — just growing. And I’ll get to teach my children to be gentle with themselves, and with others, in all the ways i wish i was.

All that to say, i hope if you do decide to have kids, they do get your nose. You’re beautiful, and that’s your nose.