Dear Body,
How is it that I know I was only given one of you when I consistently never take as good a care of you, as you do of me. For 43 years, you have given me good health, birthed babies and provided me with the strength to do so much. It is because of you that I am here and I will continue to rely on you to carry me through this life.
And in return for all you have given me, I feel as though I haven’t treated you well. I am sorry. There’s been too many years where you have just taken the abuse with little or no retaliation. What I have fed you isn’t what you deserve. Too much sugar for you to process, too much fat to store and too many chemicals, which I’m sure have polluted you in ways I don’t even understand. I know you need exercise to stay healthy, but why do I seem so resistant to give you what you need? Is it my mind’s own laziness? It must be because you, my body, are always willing to do what I ask. Never have you failed when called upon to move me from one place to the next. You are always willing and I must start giving you more of what you what you need.
My body, I have put you in jeopardy. For that, I am regretfully sorry. I can’t change the past, but I can change the future.
Thank you for all the years we’ve been together. You have given me more than I can imagine and now it’s my turn to thank you. I will feed you food that will strengthen you, to give you the power and energy to function and stay healthy. I will exercise you so you may feel the exhilaration of movement. I will push you and make you do things you never thought possible. I will treat you with respect. I will honor you.
Love,
Me
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- I think of myself as though I'm a pretty typical hipster kinda gal. I feel like I'm younger than I am and I'm still trying to figure out what I'm going to do when I grow up. For now, I'm working part-time "for the man," but more importantly, I'm a mom to a daughter, The Little Miss (TLM) and a wife to The Husband. We live in an area of the country where being anything bigger than a size 6 is considered unacceptably large and in a town where movie stars live. I've always been the Big Girl. Growing up it was because I was taller and "big boned." Now I'm the Big Girl because I'm fat. At one time I loved being the Big Girl but now, not so much. This blog is my way trying to be a part of a community that can help each other through our struggles to be who we really are. For me, it's still being a Big Girl just not of the fat variety.
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16 comments:
Your post made me cry! Thanks for giving the inspiration that I need to get thru a difficult weekend which will be filled with parties and lots of food. It's time that I take care and love my body. Thanks for an inspirational post.
Such a good post. I can relate...
Wow, It couldn't have been said any better. I love this post, it touches me.
Have a great weekend to you too.
Great "letter" :)
Thanks for the reminder to write letters to our bodies and take them into consideration more often.
*sigh* I could so write this letter too. You'll inspire me yet!
Wow that was very eloquently said - thanks for sharing!
Great post. I could have written if. That is, if I wrote as well as you do!
LOVE THIS POST!!
awesome. it makes me feel like i owe my body an explanation. or something like that.
Beautiful! So honest...
I've been blogging for almost two years and from Day 1 I've had it in my mind to write a "Dear Body" post. But I'm not ready yet - too scared, I guess. I have done such bad things to my body!
Beautiful!
This post was absolutely perfect. I feel like I can copy it and paste it directly into my life.
Great post.
Love the letter you wrote to your body!! It relates to sooo many (if not all) of us.
Thanks for the great reminder that we need and should do this for our own bodies - to treat it with love and respect.
Lovely and amazing and powerful.
How was the weekend?
were you able to honor and adore your body for what it can do for you?
what it does for you on a daily basis?
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