What One Mom Did When Someone Said She Had ‘The Perfect Body’

As a mom with an imperfect body, which I am learning and growing to love more everyday, I am thankful when other mamas are brave enough to help normalize this terrible 'perfect body' syndrome we have in our society and culture. While I wouldn't have you-know-whats to post a pic like this, but am so happy this mama did!

Gotta give a shout-out to my friends at WQAD for covering this story. That is where I first saw it and I talked about this on the morning show. Something about this pic makes me feel a bit more normal, even though I know there are scars, stretched and sagged skin on other mothers, I never *see* it.  It is often hidden well or tucked away. I dunno. Something in my soul felt like I finally had something in common (body-wise) with a skinny girl.

There always seemed to be a disconnect between me and 'skinny girls'. I felt they couldn't relate or that, at times, they were judgmental of my more curvy figure. When I was younger and more insecure, I was down right intimidated by a skinny girl!  I wasn't extremely overweight. In fact, I look back at my pictures and often wonder what in the hell it was that I was worried about in the first place!

It was definitely something I had to come to terms with and address as I got older. No one's inner voice should ever be that "you aren't good enough." No one. It's a horrible thing to live through. As an adult, and taking all the steps to realize my core value and worth, I silenced that inner voice and negative self talk and began replacing it with loving myself just as I am.