Love Your Body

I know this is easier then said then done, especially for all those mama's out there with bodies that have endured pregnancy and childbirth.


We live in a society with so many images of what "should" be the "norm". It all rolls into women everywhere dieting, covering up and hating themselves. It makes me sad.


My mom (sorry mom) is one that dyes her hair (again, sorry mom!), buys into the anti-aging products on the market and so rarely leaves the house without her makeup on. If you go to the local drug store and walk down the aisles in the beauty section, there are shelves upon shelves full of anti-aging cream and products that are supposed to make stretch marks "disappear".


The commercials for Victoria Secret literally make me see red. Our children grow up watching those commercials, and those like them, and believe THAT is the image of a "perfect" woman.


I LOVE my stretch marks! I have no problem with them, and would have no problem baring them all in a bikini. I earned them! Those stretch marks mean that I carried life inside me (twice) and birthed TWO healthy, beautiful boys. There should be NO SHAME in that! I think we need to learn to embrace our post-baby bodies.


These images here sum up exactly how I feel:

"A mark for every breath you took, every blink, every sleepy yawn. One for every time you sucked your thumb, waved hello, closed your eyes and slept in the most perfect darkness. One for every time you had the hiccups. One for every dream you dreamed within me. It isn't very pretty anymore. Some may even think it ugly. That's ok. It was your home. It help you until my arms could. And for that I will always find something beautiful in it."