Limbo and Love Yourself

We've known for quite awhile now that we'll be moving this summer. Now that it's finally Spring it feels like time has slowed right down. I think we're all feeling a little stuck. We want to start packing and organizing, but we have 3 months til the move and that seems really premature. We just want to get on with it, already! We're also thinking we'll be getting a puppy when we move, because Josh and I have always wanted to have a dog for the family to love. Sure, we have Little Foot to love, but he's rather unpredictable and that makes it hard to want to cuddle with him sometimes. You never quite know if he's going to purr or bite you (gently). He's also a bit rebellious, (duh, cat), and he'll scratch our furniture, which totally irks me.

I'm going to start filling holes and touch up painting pretty soon, I'm hoping it's not a 3 month long project, but it'll be good to get started now. And of course it's time to start purging all our stuff we don't use. I'm not looking forward to that part. I'm not a hoarder, by any means, but we do have stuff that we haven't looked at in years, but it likely has sentimental value.

The sun shining these past few days has been so nice, but makes it hard for me to be productive in the house. I'd rather be outside with the kids! Not wishing for rain (!!!!) but I think it's time I learned to balance work and play. ;)

Alright, down to the serious matter that's been on my heart lately. I've included a link below; basically it's showing women and different sizes in clothing, who all weigh the same. I'm of the mindset that we are all beautiful; curvy, skinny, in between, tall, short... ect. There was a thing on some plus size websites going around that started calling the curvier girl a "real" woman. And while I do definitely think that the plus size community (myself included) may have needed that boost in confidence, it also brought down women who are not curvy. And that doesn't sit right with me. Yes, bigger girls are real... but uh, so are skinny girls. What would make anyone less "real"? We're all matter. We're all made by God. That's real.

As a woman who loves her body, no matter what size I'm at, all I have to say to those struggling with body issues is;  Your clothing size does not make you any less of your defining characteristics. If you're compassionate, silly, gracious, and a little snarky at times, being a size 2 or a size 22 isn't going to change that about you. You are beautiful, no matter what store you shop in, what size you wear, or how many stretch marks you have, because we all have those. You are beautiful whether you work out several times a week, or feel accomplished after a 30 minute walk once in awhile.

We all have insecurities, we all have things we'd like to change. But wouldn't our world be a very different place if we focused on the bad attitudes that need a shake up? Worked on our internal health as much as we picked at our outsides? Just a thought. So have a look at the link, it's quite neat to see all the different bodies who all weigh the same but are different sizes.


here's the link i'm talking about