Beauty In Everything
- Brit Dunbar
- Sep 28, 2017
- 2 min read
If someone would have told my teenage/early twenties self that I would love my body more after my second child I would never in a million years believe them. I say that because I was never fond of what I looked like then. I wasn't comfortable in my own skin. I couldn't pinpoint why I'm sure it goes along with what I saw and/or heard growing up. Over 10 years later and I have found myself more comfortable and more confident in my skin. I guess that comes with age.
When I had Owen I still wasn't as comfortable in my skin, but in the past four years, I've been on this roller coaster of emotions that has lead me to where I'm standing now. I see these stretch marks, saggy squishy belly, milk-producing boobs, and even though this body is STILL not my own, I love it. Don't get me wrong I have my moments, I mean I am human living in this very sexualized world. We don't always see people for who they are, for what they're meant to be. Yes, people are sexy, attractive, place any adjective there if you'd like. We are more than what society tells us to become, their standards don't have to be our own. Love and embrace your postpartum body. Of course, I want to live a healthy life and strive for that, but give yourself grace from time to time.
When I look back on what I have gone through to get our children into this world, I'm amazed. Sometimes I can't believe I was able to do this. Let's take a moment and relish in the fact that women are badasses...our bodies do amazing things. Let's never take that for granted. How about we start respecting them and looking at ourselves in the mirror and telling ourselves we are beautiful. Give yourself a pep talk, it's needed. Stop comparing yourself to the woman next to you. We all have a story worth sharing and we all have ears to listen.
I want to teach my children to love themselves, Mila especially. I want to stop downgrading myself in front of her, I want her to notice that her mother is strong and comfortable in her own skin. I need to let go of what everyone else is telling me to be, to let go of how I need to dress, or even act. God made me who I am and I need to live in that light.
"And one day she discovered that she was fierce and strong, and full of fire and that not even she could hold herself back because her passion burned brighter than her fears." -Mark Anthony
Know your passion, know your strength, not only for ourselves but for our children as well. It's important they understand their worth because that comes from us first. There's beauty in everything, including ourselves. Remember you are beautiful, you are strong, you are courageous, you are loved, you are peacemakers, you are gentle. Make way for your new self, I hope you join me in the light. Let's keep each other accountable.
-B
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