Before you begin reading this post, (one of which I am most proud of) I want you to read this.
I wrote this post Saturday morning before the tragedy in Orlando happened. Since hearing the news, my heart has been breaking for all of the families and friends affected by this. But truly we are all affected by this. These killing sprees are becoming a "normal" occurrence in our world. It makes me sick! I realize that this is just one incident that happened this weekend, I am sure many more terrible things happened around the world. But this, this rocked my world. Will my daughters ever live in a peaceful world? Will people ever learn to just leave others alone? These questions and many more spiraled through my head last night as I tried to fall asleep.
Then I decided that I cannot change what happened, I cannot protect my girls from this world but, what I can do is teach them how to love, respect, and appreciate differences. Hate is not something I want my daughters to ever associate with. As, I said before, I cannot protect them so, I hope that whenever they are confronted with any type of hate that they can spread love instead. We have to start praising love and compassion, and stop "praising" hate. Hate has no place in this world, at least not in the world I invasion my daughters growing up in.
I wrote this post Saturday morning before the tragedy in Orlando happened. Since hearing the news, my heart has been breaking for all of the families and friends affected by this. But truly we are all affected by this. These killing sprees are becoming a "normal" occurrence in our world. It makes me sick! I realize that this is just one incident that happened this weekend, I am sure many more terrible things happened around the world. But this, this rocked my world. Will my daughters ever live in a peaceful world? Will people ever learn to just leave others alone? These questions and many more spiraled through my head last night as I tried to fall asleep.
Then I decided that I cannot change what happened, I cannot protect my girls from this world but, what I can do is teach them how to love, respect, and appreciate differences. Hate is not something I want my daughters to ever associate with. As, I said before, I cannot protect them so, I hope that whenever they are confronted with any type of hate that they can spread love instead. We have to start praising love and compassion, and stop "praising" hate. Hate has no place in this world, at least not in the world I invasion my daughters growing up in.
Since I can remember I have always been super aware of my body and struggled with body image. I have never been confident in my body, ever! After having twins things haven't really changed. Although, today something did change. While I was getting ready and putting on my newly purchased shorts. (a size I have never worn in my life!) I was sure they were going to be a little large when I put them on because,
I am going to be 28 years old, I have carried twins, I am not 17 anymore, nor do I want to be 17 anymore! I realized in that moment that I am proud of my body the way it is. Things could look a lot worse, I need to be thankful for what I have and that I have a healthy body. Of course things could look a lot better too but, I have spent these past 5 months spending literally every waking minute with my babies and my family. When I have time to workout I do what I can. I am lucky to have a husband who loves me no matter what size I am. (At least that's what he tells me) ;-)
I guess, I realized today that I do not want my girls to spend their lives worrying about their bodies like my generation has. I don't want them to wake up in the morning worrying about anything other than how they are going to treat others, feed their soul and brain with good, and show love and compassion. People aren't going to remember my body when I leave this world, they are going to remember how I treated them. I hope that I can teach my daughters that.
I guess, I realized today that I do not want my girls to spend their lives worrying about their bodies like my generation has. I don't want them to wake up in the morning worrying about anything other than how they are going to treat others, feed their soul and brain with good, and show love and compassion. People aren't going to remember my body when I leave this world, they are going to remember how I treated them. I hope that I can teach my daughters that.
So, to all of my mommy friends reading this; whatever shape you are in currently, love yourself and cut yourself some slack. You brought something beautiful into the world, and you are beautiful. Things will never go back to looking like they did when we were 17, if they do you're a beast and good for you! For now I am going to do what I can to be healthy, but focus on being with my family when I have the time to be.
In saying this, I want to be clear; if you are a mom who is in awesome shape and gets out and works out every day, good for you! I am not here to shame anyone! Like Amy Poehler says, "Good for her! Not for me. That is the motto women should constantly repeat over and over again." We are here to support and love each other, let's stop judging each other so that our daughters will have that kind of support when they grow up!
I hope as you put on your summer clothes today you can find comfort in knowing we are all in the same boat! :-)
In saying this, I want to be clear; if you are a mom who is in awesome shape and gets out and works out every day, good for you! I am not here to shame anyone! Like Amy Poehler says, "Good for her! Not for me. That is the motto women should constantly repeat over and over again." We are here to support and love each other, let's stop judging each other so that our daughters will have that kind of support when they grow up!
I hope as you put on your summer clothes today you can find comfort in knowing we are all in the same boat! :-)
I loved this! Thank you so much for writing it! x
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