Friday, November 06, 2009

Beauty Marks

Yesterday, Grandma had a doctor show on t.v. as I was going back and forth with the baby. "Up next" was going to be a new method for getting rid of stretch marks that "really works." I was truly saddened by this.
As the preview said, I had stretch marks going through puberty that I hated. But gladly, they faded and I learned to accept myself etc.
Now I have stretch marks on my belly from having a baby and I honestly am proud of them. Not the kind of proud like wear a bikini and not care what people think proud. But proud that my body has accomplished something so miraculous and amazing and beautiful. Why get rid of that? Why hide it and be ashamed of it? It's a part of me- a physical sign of where I've been and what I've done.
I've never been so in love with and proud of my body as I am now.

2 comments:

Emily A. said...

You are awesome and so emotionally healthy as a woman. You go girl! Btw. I called my belly the tiger belly cause of because of my massive stretch marks. Lol.

mudderbear said...

Mama had something she called stretch marks. I've been trying to remember exactly what it was....victory marks of some kind, won in a war.