Girl Power
I feel like I am a strong woman. I feel pretty secure about my body. I am not overweight, I am not super ugly, I do not have any appearance issues. I believe I am fairly normal looking. However, I often feel fat, ugly, and self conscious about my body and when I Would feel this way, back in the day, I would find a way to cope either through jokes or avoidance or some nice baggy clothes. But after I had a little girl and have recently welcomed two more preteen girls in my home, I feel a societal obligation to be Uber secure in my skin. I need to exude confidence and exemplify that it is truly what is on the inside that counts. Most of the time I can do this. Aside from the few work pants that are a little snug I feel I have a pretty good girl power thing going on. However, today, I tried on a bathing suit. For many I could just end the post here. Because if you are a mom who went through birth, you know that the change your body went through is quite unexplainable an...