Your Face Is Gone, Mama!

By Gloria Faye Brown Bates/aka Granny Gee

Photo is owned by me … Gloria Faye Brown Bates/aka Granny Gee. Photo is of myself, and Tommy as a young boy of eleven.

I saw horror in the eyes of my little son, Tommy. He had come to the door of the bathroom. I couldn’t understand at first the expression on his face!

I remembered! I had put a beauty mask on my face. It was time to peel it off. The devil took over at that point … because I knew I was going to play a trick on Tommy! I was laughing inside … yes, I know it was so mean!

I looked in the mirror, gasped. I turned back around to Tommy, and began peeling the mask off. “Oh, no! My face is coming off … my face is coming off”!

Tommy began crying, pointing. “Mama, your face is coming off”! I peeled the mask off … it had holes in it where the eyes, mouth was. I held it for Tommy to see ….

He looked at my face … saw it wasn’t gone! He quit crying. I don’t think playing that trick ever caused any damage! Yes … it was a mean trick! I was young, myself … and very mischievous!