Body Confidence
Hey y'all, I hope you are doing well today. I just read a quote from Anne Lamott and wanted to share some of my personal experiences and thoughts. " "Oh my God, what if you wake up some day, and you're 65, or 75, and you never got your memoir or novel written, or you didn't go swimming in those warm pools and oceans all those years because your thighs were jiggly and you had a nice big comfortable tummy; or you were just so strung out on perfectionism and people-pleasing that you forgot to have a big juicy creative life, of imagination and radical silliness and staring off into space like when you were a kid? It's going to break your heart. Don't let this happen." I've struggled with weight my entire life, thinking it was a standard of beauty. My brother used to call me fat and ugly, among other names. I thought that's just what brothers did. Years ago I had a photo on social media and some guy commented "Nice face. Body needs work....