this letter is so real. thank you . loved it so much .. ever since my twenties I've battled with being very insecure about my one smaller breast than the other. I never cared too much about it, until a friend ( at the time) told my husband ( we were just dating back then) after a day at the pool. I was mortified. first learning that indeed body shaming is real and why don't people just stay in their lanes?!!
my husband and I have been together for 17 years, and the thing i love about him the most is he loves all my imperfect bits, scars, you name it, just as much when i was tight and toned before and after kids , you get the idea. I am one lucky girl. yes to more of just owning all of it and wearing it proud! xo to you SC
This is so beautiful. Lucky indeed. And I think if most of us were real, the men in our lives are more forgiving than the women, and than we our of ourselves. They like what they see and they like what they feel. We are only too critical of ourselves and one another. It’s our job to change that, especially for our daughters, but also for ourselves. Thanks for writing in here with your story. Nicole xx
Couldn't agree more with you. It was a male friend too, and I think both men and women can be equally hard on each other and themselves. I hope to be the change in the way we talk to ourselves and be a model for our daughter and sons too. thank you for letting me share. There were so many things that came to me after reading your post. It really hit home, you are a magical writer and women. xo
What delicious writing this week, my dear SC. I don’t know what you’re talking about unfortunately. I see myself as perfect. But come to think of it, I do have eyelash hairs that grow right down into the corners of my eyes and skin that my dermatologist praised, just yesterday, of having been the recipient of so much sun! Where did you grow up, he asked. And I told him Canada.
(Before I offered that I’d been a ski racer and he handed me a discount on a 3-pack of IPL.)
this letter is so real. thank you . loved it so much .. ever since my twenties I've battled with being very insecure about my one smaller breast than the other. I never cared too much about it, until a friend ( at the time) told my husband ( we were just dating back then) after a day at the pool. I was mortified. first learning that indeed body shaming is real and why don't people just stay in their lanes?!!
my husband and I have been together for 17 years, and the thing i love about him the most is he loves all my imperfect bits, scars, you name it, just as much when i was tight and toned before and after kids , you get the idea. I am one lucky girl. yes to more of just owning all of it and wearing it proud! xo to you SC
This is so beautiful. Lucky indeed. And I think if most of us were real, the men in our lives are more forgiving than the women, and than we our of ourselves. They like what they see and they like what they feel. We are only too critical of ourselves and one another. It’s our job to change that, especially for our daughters, but also for ourselves. Thanks for writing in here with your story. Nicole xx
Couldn't agree more with you. It was a male friend too, and I think both men and women can be equally hard on each other and themselves. I hope to be the change in the way we talk to ourselves and be a model for our daughter and sons too. thank you for letting me share. There were so many things that came to me after reading your post. It really hit home, you are a magical writer and women. xo
What delicious writing this week, my dear SC. I don’t know what you’re talking about unfortunately. I see myself as perfect. But come to think of it, I do have eyelash hairs that grow right down into the corners of my eyes and skin that my dermatologist praised, just yesterday, of having been the recipient of so much sun! Where did you grow up, he asked. And I told him Canada.
(Before I offered that I’d been a ski racer and he handed me a discount on a 3-pack of IPL.)
What a glorious writer/thinker/woman/human/friend you are. I love these thoughts. Xx