A Thing of Beauty....

So I'm participating in this really awesome project on rbloggers (even if dh thinks I've gone too far this time...). A very special online friend suggested that a bunch of us send in pictures of ourselves in our (GASP!) bathing suits! Not usually something most women of a certain age or size rush out to do. But we are supposed to show how freeing/empowering it can be to just (literally) let it all hang out. This was in response to our heroine, AKA Rosie O'Donnell, posting a header pic on her site of herself in a bathing suit...subsequently being lambasted by a certain online gossip columnist whose name shall not be mentioned here.

There she was in all her glory...just trying to help the women (most of us) who don't feel comfortable in our own skin, in our own bodies. Bodies that have brought life into the world, held children in our arms, united with our soul mates, hugging posts for all those we love. Americans have a despicable body image, mostly fed by a media that refuses to show women of all sizes, regardless of how many BFAMs (Big Fat Ass Men...thanks Janette!) there are on TV out there unapologetic. And women, sadly, are sometimes the most unkind of all....

But not today! I am so proud to be among so many strong women who are overcoming their self-loathing and esteem issues to just do something for themselves. At the end of the day, these bodies shall pass and all that will be remembered is the love they held, not the shape they were in.

Peace and love BFABS!!!!!!