Love Thyself

I just got an email from my beautiful friend M. She is a gorgeous, petite dynamo who is in excellent shape due to good nutrition and a healthy lifestyle. She's also pregnant with twins. She's shared with me over the last month that some of the women at work make snippy comments about her weight, and say weird random stuff about how huge she is. Mind you, I've seen pictures of her and even almost 5 months pregnant, she's still sleeker than I am after a big meal! I truly wonder, what is it about people that makes them feel compelled to take something so beautiful and attach all sorts of odd, inappropriate labels to it?! Why can't we say something encouraging like, " You are blossoming!" or " You are full of life!" Why does it have to be
" You are as big as a house" or "You look like a whale"? Clearly, these people are obtuse but it just makes you wonder about society in general. I used to be all for the snarky celeb magazines as a fun outlet but lately I'm just so turned off. It's all about bumps and lumps and over examining peoples weight. There's so much more in the world to focus on. Maybe I'm in the minority but I relished being pregnant. Sure, I gained 40 lbs,a bunch of varicose veins and some stretch marks, but the end result was a wonderful life. To me, there is nothing more gorgeous than the feminine swell of a belly. I can't wait to experience it again. ( the heartburn, nausea and insomnia, not so much. ;o))
SO, to all my fellow sisters, I say celebrate yourself. Embrace your curves, and validate your fellow women. The world is a hard enough place without all the silly insecurites society tries to place on us.
Order the cheesecake and savor it. Life is too short!