stare-down

Such deserts of time stretched between myself then and my adult self that more drastic personal revolutions than a mere change in skin color would have to take place between then and the imagined now to transform me from a child who played with her toes to the dignified woman who could instill awe into the hearts of her unruly family with a few sotto voce threats and a confusingly sexy stare-down.

Larissa Archer: On Not Marrying Larissa Archer 2011

Such deserts of time stretched between myself then and my adult self that more drastic personal revolutions than a mere change in skin color would have to take place between then and the imagined now to transform me from a child who played with her toes to the dignified woman who could instill awe into the hearts of her unruly family with a few sotto voce threats and a confusingly sexy stare-down.

Larissa Archer: On Not Marrying Larissa Archer 2011

Such deserts of time stretched between myself then and my adult self that more drastic personal revolutions than a mere change in skin color would have to take place between then and the imagined now to transform me from a child who played with her toes to the dignified woman who could instill awe into the hearts of her unruly family with a few sotto voce threats and a confusingly sexy stare-down.

Larissa Archer: On Not Marrying Larissa Archer 2011

For instance, my skin color won't change, but then neither will my personality; I'll probably never be the sort of career woman and mother who can subdue her family with a sexy stare-down and then be at work at eight in the morning to start a day of subduing New York's legal system while wearing pointy high-heeled shoes and power suits.

Larissa Archer: On Not Marrying Larissa Archer 2011

For instance, my skin color won't change, but then neither will my personality; I'll probably never be the sort of career woman and mother who can subdue her family with a sexy stare-down and then be at work at eight in the morning to start a day of subduing New York's legal system while wearing pointy high-heeled shoes and power suits.

Larissa Archer: On Not Marrying Larissa Archer 2011

Such deserts of time stretched between myself then and my adult self that more drastic personal revolutions than a mere change in skin color would have to take place between then and the imagined now to transform me from a child who played with her toes to the dignified woman who could instill awe into the hearts of her unruly family with a few sotto voce threats and a confusingly sexy stare-down.

Larissa Archer: On Not Marrying Larissa Archer 2011

For instance, my skin color won't change, but then neither will my personality; I'll probably never be the sort of career woman and mother who can subdue her family with a sexy stare-down and then be at work at eight in the morning to start a day of subduing New York's legal system while wearing pointy high-heeled shoes and power suits.

Larissa Archer: On Not Marrying Larissa Archer 2011

Such deserts of time stretched between myself then and my adult self that more drastic personal revolutions than a mere change in skin color would have to take place between then and the imagined now to transform me from a child who played with her toes to the dignified woman who could instill awe into the hearts of her unruly family with a few sotto voce threats and a confusingly sexy stare-down.

Larissa Archer: On Not Marrying Larissa Archer 2011

For instance, my skin color won't change, but then neither will my personality; I'll probably never be the sort of career woman and mother who can subdue her family with a sexy stare-down and then be at work at eight in the morning to start a day of subduing New York's legal system while wearing pointy high-heeled shoes and power suits.

Larissa Archer: On Not Marrying Larissa Archer 2011

For instance, my skin color won't change, but then neither will my personality; I'll probably never be the sort of career woman and mother who can subdue her family with a sexy stare-down and then be at work at eight in the morning to start a day of subduing New York's legal system while wearing pointy high-heeled shoes and power suits.

Larissa Archer: On Not Marrying Larissa Archer 2011