Sun tanning:

There are many schools of thought when it comes to sun tanning. There are those who always use sun block and gradually build up their tan during the summer. Some go to the tanning salon before summer begins to lay down the base tan. Some never take their shirt off in the summer and get farmer tans. Others go out boating one day in the summer and neglect to where block and get a burn, which is perspicuously apparent when they come to church the next day, and lather the highest spf formula the rest of the summer. Then there are people like me...

I am a combination of these three schools of thought, however, instead of sun block I use deep tanning oil, instead of base tanning at a salon I use the sun in spring, and when I get burnt I use that as my base tan and go from there. Summer is not summer without one good burn. Also, while Lisha's family was mocking my burn one day, I learned something new. Moisturizer is bad to use on a burn because it allows the burn to sink in. I don't know if that's true, but I began to think: "Does moisturizer help my tan sink in?" So this summer I am doing some research on moisturization.

If anyone does not know, I believe it is safe to say that I have a unique family in that despite multiple bouts of skin cancer we still continue to soak up the sun's rays. My grandparents have a dark tan year round because they sit at the pool everyday during the summer, and vacation in tropical areas throughout the winter. Yes, they are my heroes.