i‘ve always hated my smile because my teeth are crooked. nothing horrible or anything, but just enough to be noticeable. and just enough to think about every time i smile or laugh and lingers in the back of my mind. i never smile with my teeth in photos. it’s always with my mouth closed. but today, i took a photo with my friends after a really fun pool party and i realized we all looked a little bad and a little sunburnt and our hair was crazy. i don’t know why, but i decided to really smile in this picture. i looked back at the photo a couple of hours later and i realized how much happier i looked than i did in the ones with a closed mouth smile. i think it’s one of my favorite pictures with my friends now