When you look at this picture, what do you see?⁣ ⁣ A few years ago, I would have only seen what was “wrong”. A stomach that’s not flat enough, thick thighs, arms that aren’t toned, etc.⁣ ⁣ I vividly remember being at a soccer camp in middle school and a girl making fun of me for being “chubby” - she thought I was asleep in my bunk bed. I was awake, and crying silently. 💔 It starts young for us women, doesn’t it? ⁣ ⁣ I remember being depressed in an unhealthy relationship in college and starving myself - sometimes eating only an apple and a latte a day - in hopes that would help me like myself and my life more. ⁣ ⁣ And I remember doing the years of gut wrenching work with counselors and reading dozens of books and listening to podcasts to reshape those beliefs to get to where I’m at today. ⁣🙏🏼 ⁣ So when I look at this today, I am happy to say that I see a beautiful woman. ⁣😌 ⁣ Someone who has endured deep pain in her short 27 years, and a body - a home - that has also endured. ⁣ ⁣ ...