Once after the meeting, Laura was taking a group photo of us. “Hold on, let me take another one, Nancy closed her eyes” Laura said. And? then Laura photographed us again. But after Laura checked the picture, she said:” oh, your eyes are not closed, but too small.”

Don’t worry I would be annoyed by her words. I love my small eyes. When I was single, guys who admired me found the small eyes made me more cute. Even now I am not young anymore, I can also discover at least two advantages of them which will never fade with time.

First, it is the symbol of blood relationship. I got the small eyes from my father. When I was a little girl, I lived in the residence zone of the factory which my farther worked for. I was very naughty at that time and caused a lot of trouble. Each time when I was caught by my father’s colleague, they would always say:” I know who you are, you must be Lao Jia's daughter, don't do this again or I will tell your father.” Thanks to my father's good reputation, I was seldom punished. My father got the small eyes from my grandpa, who died when I was ten years old. Every time I think of him, I can picture his face clearly in my mind. The most vivid part is his small eyes, I can still remember his warm smile when he taught me how to write my name on the ground. I gave the small eyes to my son too. When I heard:” wow, your son really looks like you, especially the small eyes.” I feel good. He is my son, not other's.

Second, my small eyes make me to be a friendly person easily. “You have a pretty smile” ”you look so easy-going, you are always smiling .” These are the most common comments I got from new friends. If I don’t have small eyes, I might get no positive comments on my appearance. The most important thing for me, who is no longer a naive girl, is how to keep smiling? from deep inside, but not for the appearance concern.? As an adult who has suffered many bad things in life, I can feel my heart becoming harder and harder. “Don't pay attention to that beggar”, “ignore that guy who is leafleting”, ”be strong while your son is unreasonable”, “he deserves bad ending”, these mean words are often popping out in my mind. The more I feel my heart becoming hard the more I feel bad. When I stare at my face in the mirror, once I find ice in my eyes, I will remind myself: hello, girl, don't hurt yourself, the ice will block the best part of you. After unbend my eyebrows and retrieve my smile, the world become lovely again.

Since more and more girls are having plastic surgery to become more beautiful. I did thought about it. When I was looking myself in the mirror. Imagined how would I look like if I have big eyes or double-fold eyelids. I am sure I will be beautiful. But I will never make up my mind to do so. The main reason might be I feel good about myself now and I don't believe I will feel much better if I am more beautiful. From my own side, an interesting and warm soul is more attractive than a beautiful appearance.

Every morning in the bathroom , I stand by my son watching us through the mirror, enjoy the same small eyes and the same smile, I feel the happiness.