Happy Friday!
So it's 8:54am, and it's already muggy and hot. Heat index for today is 115. Oh my! Staying inside most of today. We have to go out later for my daughter's homeschool assessment with our awesome assessor teacher Miss Colleen, who we have seen since Chloe started homeschooling. She's awesome. She'll look at Chloe's blog, listen to her talk, look at her focuses this year and pass her as long as she's progressing. And she is! So we're good. Chloe's very worried about possibly going back into public school. I'm not even sure I want her to honestly. It's a huddle we'll come across when we move, but for not we're trying not to worry about it. Next topic....
Our bodies.
I've had a lot of my Tieks peeps private message me lately with words of encouragement, sharing their personal stories and just support for doing my outfit of the day and blog. I'm blown away by such a positive response. I really am. I can't express how much I didn't expect this to happen. I have posted places before (instagram, fashion sites, even plus size fashion sites) and gotten trashed for being fat, shamed for having the audacity to be confident in my skin, told I have bad taste, been told that it's great that I'm fat, but "I'm so worried about your health." and "You should lose weight because you can't be healthy" and I have also been flat out bullied "Hey fatass, go work out", "I bet you can't even run", etc. I've never been encouraged like I have in that group and it's <astounding to me> how positive everyone there is. It helps keep me going.
Our bodies.
I've had a lot of my Tieks peeps private message me lately with words of encouragement, sharing their personal stories and just support for doing my outfit of the day and blog. I'm blown away by such a positive response. I really am. I can't express how much I didn't expect this to happen. I have posted places before (instagram, fashion sites, even plus size fashion sites) and gotten trashed for being fat, shamed for having the audacity to be confident in my skin, told I have bad taste, been told that it's great that I'm fat, but "I'm so worried about your health." and "You should lose weight because you can't be healthy" and I have also been flat out bullied "Hey fatass, go work out", "I bet you can't even run", etc. I've never been encouraged like I have in that group and it's <astounding to me> how positive everyone there is. It helps keep me going.
What else keeps me going is other people telling me that I'm helping them be brave enough to go out into the world wearing what they feel like, instead of what society tells them they should. I keep going and do a happy dance every time someone tells me they should love themselves more. I am so there for that!!!!! THAT is why I do what I do, and that is why, if there are ever haters, I will continue to dance all over them, because for every hater, there are 1000 women getting a positive message that says WE ARE ALLOWED TO BE WHO WE ARE!!
I would not be who I am today, having gone through all my struggles and fears, grown into this human being without THIS BODY. This body got me through teenage years when I thought I was fat then. (Um, I was a size 16. Please... I was not as big as I thought I was. I just had a best friend that was a size 4.) Comparing ourselves to others will kill us. It will kill your confidence and your attitude. Stop comparing yourselves. It's toxic. This body is what got me through childbirth. This body left an abusive relationship, and this body found my amazing husband now. This body is perfect. If I want this body to lose weight, it's just another addition (haha - or subtraction) to this body. My body is MINE and I love it for getting me through this life.
We're ALL beautiful. Our bodies got us through to where we are, and you would not be who or where you are right now without it. So love it. Start with one tiny thing. Love your hair. Love your eye color. Love your nails. Love your dimple. Love the mole on your left leg. Just pick something and love it. Then once you love that, it's easier to love the next thing. (Like, hello, I started with my eyebrows. No joke! They've got a killer shape!) But yeah. Love yourselves. Confidence follows.
Anywho....
As it's going to be excessively hot, it's going to be a dress day! I got this from Torrid recently when their dresses were on sale and I spend Haute Cash on it and a few other things. :D It's kind of inbetween a neon green and a neon yellow, but I went with the Tieks unmellow yellows, as I think they're the best choice to go with it. I could pair it with the matte blacks as well, or even add a pop of color with something else, but I went for this combo today.
I added the awesome tassel earrings from amazon that while flimsy, seem to hold up through my wear and tear to complete the look.
{Picture of me on my porch, in front of the climbing roses, wearing a sleeveless midi snakeskin dress with bright yellow undertones and black snakeskin overlay. Hands on my hips, one foot forward and a smile on my face. I have a ponytail and a cute black scrunchie with a little bow. Unmellow Yellow tieks and tassel earrings complete the look. Picture 2 and 3 are basically the same, arms and legs in slight variations, picture 4 is a close up of my face to see my earrings better, and you can get a better view of the bow.}
Mr. Soba Noodle!!
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