Shouldn’t I feel a bit more settled in by now? Sometimes I do. And perhaps worst of all, it’s not cool to care about this stuff.Įspecially as a Christian. It’s not cool to struggle with complaining and frustration and anxiety and stress. It’s not cool to struggle with a hot temper. It’s not cool to have a Type A personality. But can I learn to accept who I am instead? Isn’t this supposed to get easier? It’s about the core stuff, the stuff that a Hollywood diet and bleaching my hair cannot change. No, this reality about who I am goes a lot deeper than how I look. And it’s nothing to do with the fact that I don’t look like Blake Lively.

I wanted to be ENERGETIC, and FUN, and BEAUTIFUL, and SPONTANEOUS.įinally, as an adult and mother of two, I’ve accepted I’m not ever going to be a Bridget. I wanted to be a Bridget so bad, guys.Īnd of course in the film version, she’s played by Blake Lively, who is gorgeous and definitely doesn’t have a potential moustache or frizzy thick hair. And then there’s Bridget, who is described as beautiful, spontaneous, full of energy, cool, just the very coolest. The aforementioned Lena is “shy and beautiful”. Carmen is introspective with a hot temper. (Unlike the perfect Lena Kaligaris, I have a typical big Greek nose and will definitely have a moustache in my forties, but let me return to the topic…)Īnyway, in this movie/book series, each girl is a “type”. It made me REALLY want to go to Santorini. Growing up, I was really into the Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants film.

Magnify by Stefanie Lozinski