1 a day for the next 5 ... Appreciating my TUMMY

Monday: Well this is the start of my birthday week and as each day closes in on my "34" years & I leap into the "35th" on Friday I want to have a sense of appreciation... So here goes...

As I am getting out of the shower this morning I am doing my normal.. Take my hair out of the towel to brush it, q-tips, stare at my wrinkles a little, moisturize my face & last lotion up this body.. Well as I am doing that my towel falls away from my knot just above my chest bone... As I have the lotion in my hand already I am unable to pick up the towel & re-wrap it around.. I MUST apply w/o a towel wrapped around my body to hide my eyes from this "VISION" in the mirror... As I am applying I look at myself... Now we all might look at ourselves weather it be clothed, naked or just standing in our undies but this morning I run my lotioned hands across my tummy.. I gently do it at first then pull a little to see if the white stretch marks disappear (they don't even as hard as I might stretch). Then I turn sideways normal then of course SUCK IN.. Then I inspect the little white arch stretch marks along my hips .. Then I proceed to ponder a tummy tuck & that passes quickly because ... Well just because.... Now of course my 1st thought is "Man I need to get out JOG" but then I smile.....

Now I am NOT skinny, but don't believe I am a HEFFER either... Not necessarily quite completely comfortable in my skin but definitely doable !!! But I see those stretch marks and look at them as BADGES of HONOR... Each one was created because this body has seen 6 pregnancies & 3 full term births ... Yes you read correctly I have been pregnant 6 times (and for the first time in about 13 years I am shedding tears over the 3 unborn children I have lost, where did these tears come from??). We lost 3 babies before we had Walker.. Different story for a different time... But as I smile in the mirror I am smiling because God gave me the ability to carry 3 children & though I will NEVER carry another child in my womb again I am grateful for the blessing/opportunity to have done so. Some women might have these "badges" surgically removed but for the rest of my life I will choose to wear these "badges" with honor.. Now don't get me wrong I am not some EAST SIDE, WIFE BEATER WEARIN, HOT MAMA whose gonna go get a string bikini cuz I want you to check these badges out but I AM NOT ASHAMED of these faded marks that have been placed upon my body !!!!!

So enjoy the pictures below & you will see why I am grateful for my BADGES OF HONOR...

1st picture is me pregnant with Mayson

2nd picture is me pregnant with Walker

3rd picture is me pregnant with Maddox..

don't know why they are out of order but ya know !!!

Enjoy & Appreciate the blessings that have been given to you !!!!

YAY WEEK OF APPRECIATION & THANKS !!!!!