Gracefully Slender in Figure

I heard the word when I was a kid. I thought it sounded so wonderfully chic, not even knowing what "chic" even was. I never forgot the word and always wanted that word used to describe me...

Not as a teenager, although I remembered the word while a teen. I knew I was growing and maturing and was hopefully heading toward such description.

Marriage. Children. Apple strudel from German bakeries. I had never forgotten the word in my mind, although my waistline seemed to have.

Happy workplace. Unhappy workplace. A new, happy, HAPPY workplace. I still remembered.

Good choices. Detrimental decisions. Cancer. Oh, to conquer cancer AND be described that way!!

But, no...

Not until today, that is.

Today, someone described me as such and I was so taken aback, I had them repeat it...twice!

Today, when I wasn't trying and wasn't worrying and wasn't obsessing and wasn't waiting on someone, it happened.

"How do you keep your svelte figure?"

And there it was..."svelte".

Ahhhh. Thank you.