What happens on a girl's weekend stays on a girl's weekend, unless it's permanently tattooed on your body, then it stays with you forever. Which is how my first tattoo story goes. I was in Ludington on a girl's weekend and 2 of us decided to get tattoos. After a quick Pinterest search, I was inspired by this: Which led to this: (I could still bawl my eyes out looking at the second picture. My fresh postpartum body, that stretched beyond what I imagined to provide a home for my sweet boy). Which eventually led to this: Unfortunately when you get a tattoo on a whim, you don't do your research and the tattoo you love, gets really blown out and illegible. Yikes. Which led me to today: I covered the old, but replaced the words, because even though I was 23 and didn't do my research, I still love what it meant when I got it. Pre-kids, post-kids, overweight, healthy weight, acne, clear skin, no stretch marks, stretch marks...it doesn't matter. The absence or presence of those things isn't what makes me beautiful.
I think the girl's weekend tattoo was the beginning of me looking at my body differently. I've been working on shifting my thoughts on beauty, health, and strength for 5 years now. Of course, I still have bad days where negative self-talk takes over, but more days than not, I truly believe I'm beautiful, healthy, and strong, (Although getting another tattoo made me question my strength- OUCH!) Still beautiful. You are too.
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You are so beautiful! Inside and out! Turning 50 this year really made me think about how am I going to age? am I going to try to fix everythjng or am I going to just let nature take its course? I definetly am seeking to be a good steward of my body excercise and watching my diet. I think I will steer clear of the Botox, LOL, for now! But it is a struggle for me. I have to keep telling myself its not what the world sees that matters, the fact that Jlo and I are the same age.....and she looks like she does! Sheesh! I am striving to have a God perspective about my body not world:)
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