I think I might have been a sophomore in high school when my friend, Mary, told me that I had, “Snuffleupagus eyelashes.” We had played softball together and we were both cast in the chorus in the spring musical. We were getting ready in the girls locker room and that is when she told me. All of us were doing our makeup before the play and she noticed and told me that I had “Snuffleupagus eyelashes.” I remember laughing when she told me this!
She was and is COMPLETELY correct! I DO have, “Snuffy Eyelashes” because they do NOT curl (I can think of my Dad for this fact!), they look really long. I had a friend curl my eyelashes once and laughed because she had to curl them twice for each eyelash because they were so long. I dismissed that fact because the only reason they are long is because they do NOT curl.
My Mom reminded me of this fact this morning. I have been wearing contact lenses for 25 years and it has never been a problem to just pop both of them them into my eyes without a mirror. I think it’s a combination of my reduced hand-eye coordination, my inability to multitask, (Thanks MS!) and my, “Snuffleupagus eyelashes.” Because of all of these facts, I have recently lost a number of contacts! I now have a difficult time getting them into my eyes! The contacts are also very cold in my eyes in the morning so it is very difficult to get them into my eyes!
To combat all of these things in addition to my, “Snuffleupagus eyelashes,” my Mom has to watch me put my contacts into my eyes because they fall out of my eyes often. If she is not here with me, I will lose them on my shirt, on my pelvis stabilizer, or the floor. Today was more difficult for me to put my contacts in this morning than normal and my Mom mentioned my, “Snuffleupagus eyelashes.” I laughed and remembered Mary being the first person to tell me that!
I remember one morning in my second apartment, I was rubbing sunscreen on my son’s face when I noticed a couple things. The first thing was that he has the same lips as me. I asked him if I could put lip liner on his lips because I knew how! He declined. I also asked him if I could put mascara on him because his eyelashes are NOT, “Snuffleupagus eyelashes.”. They curl and additionally, they are taupe not black like mine. He also declined from allowing way to do this as well! Since it was in our second apartment I think he may have been around five years old.
It has been years since I thought of Mary telling me that I had,“Snuffleupagus eyelashes,” but after my Mom reminded me of it, I haven’t stopped thinking about it! Sean does not have,“Snuffleupagus eyelashes,” which is good because he does NOT wear mascara! But, I don’t either now. It’s still a whole hand-eye coordination thing, thanks MS! And by, “Thanks,” I mean, “NO THANKS!”