... infatuated with winter. On all of these trips, Ilearned about the culture, the fashions, the art, butmost of all how differently everyone dressed.When we returned home, my mother would havepiles ... they have all drawn from anenormous amount of self-confidence. They made usthink they were beautiful simply by believing itthemselves. They did not let anyone else definethem; they defined ... in the room, but they are confident and think they’rebeautiful, so others think they are. I marvel at a six-foot-tall woman in stilettos, a big-bottomed womanin a curve-hugging skirt, a flat-chested...