Look closely, and you will find these beauty marks on every, single, mother.
A Beautiful Mess
Somewhere along the way, I stopped caring if I was beautiful. I began trying to make beauty instead.
An Apology To My Body
I have learned that I am not perfect. Not even close. I’d like to take a moment, to make a long overdue apology. To My Body:
Lordy, Lordy, Look Who’s Forty
Stretching toward a new definition of beauty at forty.
Today I Am Beautiful
There are times in life when beauty is not what you pictured in your childhood fantasies.
Evidence
She pointed to her timeworn face in the mirror, “When I look, I don’t see flaws I see evidence.”
Finding Body Positivity in a Media Obsessed World
Our negative perception of our bodies translates into a high rate of eating disorders; in fact, 65 percent of US women and girls report disordered eating behaviors.
5 Keys to Raising Healthy Daughters
Can parents like my friend raise a daughter with healthy body image without moving to Amish country?
To the Mom at the Water Park
And I felt at peace, for the moment, with my body. I wished, then and there, that I could put on my bikini and run with abandon alongside you in yours.
I Saw my Mother, Now my Daughter Sees me
And so for my daughter, to see me—be me, that brought up all those concerns about how she too will be perceived in the world.