From a magazine

I want to use this site to showcase my writing as well as help others write. Here is an activity I did in five minutes where I flip to magazine and find a word that strikes me then write a snip it about it. Maybe you have something to add to mine or you could come up with one completely solo.
Phrase from Writer's Digest: "The irony was that I'd already gotten through the hardest part and now I wanted to give up." Kevin Alexander

Snip it:

The irony is that I''ve already gotten through the hardest part and now I want to give up. When Randolph had mentioned it to me, it had sounded like a good idea. What Dolly Parton impersonator should not have their own surgically enhanced chest? But standing here looking at my newly formed reflection, I know that I am Dolly.
Before this, I could choose when to be her. Choose when to put on the heels and the wig. Opt to be Gerald for normal things like Thanksgiving and christenings. Rubbing the sore tissue around these "fixtures" I wonder how dad will react sitting across the table from me. No doubt I won't be asked to carve the turkey. At least cousin Paul will be thrilled. He had come to the show one evening to be supportive as he called it. I got the distinct feeling he would have liked to support something alright.
"Well, do we have a verdict?"Randolph asks hurriedly puffing his cigar as he enters. It only takes those nurses a second to smell him out. "Just call me Ms. Parton. Dolly if we're friendly." I laugh. He smiles gathering my belongings going on about when I think I'll perform. slinging my purse over my arm, primping my wig into place, I want to tell him the show started when I got out of surgery.