This weekend I was looking at myself in the mirror in front of my daughter and I caught myself saying "I look fat, I should tone my tummy" then I hear my daughter (2 1/2) say "yeah, mom".
Then I stopped myself dead in my tracks...
Although taking care of yourself is important and its great to teach your kids to tighten and tone to maintain good posture and a healthy lifestyle so is the healthy balance of it. I want my daughter to grow up loving who she is regardless of where she is in that journey.
If I didn't go through the 4th degree tear, post-partum depression/anxiety, flabby tummy, and hormonal changes - it would mean I wouldn't have had her!
Trust the process, embrace those stretch marks, the wrinkles, the hormones, the challenges because it means you were brave enough to harvest life. You could be anything in this world, but you are the one your angels need.
I hate how social media/we compare ourselves to others. Don't you know that those people went through blood, sweat and tears to get there? Maybe they had similar struggles that could've held them back?
To me a mental physique is more important than a physical because if you are unhappy inside it will manifest outward.
I want you to look at yourself in the mirror today and when you see the things you pick apart, change it to look at the story it tells and how you can use that for God's glory and to speak life into your family.
I take supplements for my anxiety/depression, workout to posture myself because I aint no spring chicken anymore and sometimes it helps drown out the demons in my head and I rely on God to drive this struggle bus in the right direction. You?
Love,
Pam
Then I stopped myself dead in my tracks...
Although taking care of yourself is important and its great to teach your kids to tighten and tone to maintain good posture and a healthy lifestyle so is the healthy balance of it. I want my daughter to grow up loving who she is regardless of where she is in that journey.
If I didn't go through the 4th degree tear, post-partum depression/anxiety, flabby tummy, and hormonal changes - it would mean I wouldn't have had her!
Trust the process, embrace those stretch marks, the wrinkles, the hormones, the challenges because it means you were brave enough to harvest life. You could be anything in this world, but you are the one your angels need.
I hate how social media/we compare ourselves to others. Don't you know that those people went through blood, sweat and tears to get there? Maybe they had similar struggles that could've held them back?
To me a mental physique is more important than a physical because if you are unhappy inside it will manifest outward.
I want you to look at yourself in the mirror today and when you see the things you pick apart, change it to look at the story it tells and how you can use that for God's glory and to speak life into your family.
I take supplements for my anxiety/depression, workout to posture myself because I aint no spring chicken anymore and sometimes it helps drown out the demons in my head and I rely on God to drive this struggle bus in the right direction. You?
Love,
Pam
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