RachTape gives her opinion the perception of beauty.

Author's Note: The last few days I have been thinking about what beauty is, and no, this won't be an article on how "everybody is beautiful in their own way" or a "be yourself" article. This is just my thoughts, and how I perceive beauty -- so therefore this article is my opinion, and I would love to hear your opinions too in the BBS.

So I am not the most perfect person. I have many traits that many people find "ugly". I don't see many models on magazines with freckles, or large hips. As I was sitting to myself outside for a bit, I came to the conclusion that I will never be naturally beautiful. I shall be forced to be ugly the rest of my life and I can never change that. Depressing I know, and I was getting depressed for a while . . . until it hit me.

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Xoxkitkat gives the history of this special holiday.

I was recently on the phone with my cousin who is from a different state than I am. With it being so close to Sweetest Day, I figured I would bring the subject up. Upon my inquiring of the holiday, my cousin, sounding very perplexed, asked, "What's Sweetest Day?" As a native of Ohio, I was shocked at her unfamiliarity with this special day as it's a very celebrated day here. Soon after, I found out that Sweetest Day isn't really a day that everyone partakes in, so I thought I might enlighten those of you who don't celebrate it.

Sweetest Day was started in Cleveland, Ohio sometime around 1922 by a man by the name of Herbert Birch Kingston. This great philanthropist aspired to bring joy and happiness to the poor and suffering people of society. Herbert, being an employee of a candy company, decided that in order to do that, he would deliver candy to these people, and with the assistance of some of his friends, he made his deliveries to orphaned children, the elderly, those with disabilities, and other groups of underprivileged people.

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