Our bodies are a road map of our lives.....What does your map say?? My body says where it has been and my head remembers where it is NEVER going back to!! I have realized that I need to be thankful for my body in its current state and not wishing for it from 10 years ago. My greatest joys have come because of the down fall (literally!) of my body. There are many woman out there who can't get pregnant and would love to have my stretch marks. So, I am going to be thankful for my stretch marks.....because of them I have felt two miracles of life growing inside of my body. I am thankful for my sagging boobs because of them I know what it feels like to fill someone else's needs and to make them grow because of it. I pray that my girls will be happy and content with the bodies that God has given each of them. That they realize that everything that happens to them in their lives and to their bodies makes them who they are. Whatever wrinkles that end up on me, I hope they know that because of the joy I have felt those lines will last forever.....
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First off, I just want to say that you are a very pretty young lady. That being said, that was a very inspirational message for all us moms that are down on ourselves because of our abs, butt, etc. Not that we are like-whatever, I'm not doing sit ups. But just to have the appreciation for why my abs aren't half shirt worthy. Because I would totally be sporting half shirts if they were. Made out of mesh material probably. That I didn't get this way from laying around eating bon bons. A pretty amazing thing happened to cause these abs to go from there previous muscular state to what's going on right now. It's a small price to pay-I agree.
Amen sister!
(nice to see you blogging!)
I got very teary eyed reading your blog tonight. I am ten years older than you so you can just imagine (if you dare) what my body looks like! Ugh! I agree. I do wish that I wasn't aging rapidly, but the lines that I've noticed on my face reminds me of alot of laughing I've done in my life.. Some may be from stress, but some is definatley from the warm sun on my face and from enjoying my life and my kids'. I don't have one stretch mark, but if I did I know I wouldn't mind because of why they were there. My boobs, that's a different story. I'm sure Jamie wished they looked young and cute like when he met my a decade ago. Although, he tells me that he just wants to see them more often lol!
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