It’s been a while! I have abandoned this blog (and failed attempts at others) a few different times. No longer and never again…I hope, but won’t promise.
Recently, I saw a friend post something on Facebook about taking a self portrait every day for thirty days in an attempt to embrace feeling confident and loving yourself. At first I thought, “That’s great! I’m in!” Immediately afterward I began to feel itchy (not physically of course), for lack of a better word. I don’t want to commit to a photo every day…I hate constraints. So, even though I love the idea, the thought of following a “rule” of sorts for thirty days makes my uber independent and headstrong self want to rebel against something that was self-imposed to begin with. I’m sure Freud would have a field day with me.
I gave it some thought and managed to come to a compromise with myself that I think I can live with. Notice the title of this post, “Self Love Selfie.” While I may not want to commit to thirty consecutive days, I still want to embrace the idea embodied in the challenge. But I want to do it the way I do everything else, my way.
My way of navigating this challenge will be to post images of myself that embody aspects of me that I love, not necessarily always physical as there is so much beauty in the intangible things that make a person who they are. And I will post them as I see fit…when I want, how I want, what I want (I feel like I should stamp my foot now…). I will title these posts “Self Love Selfie” and explore the inspiration for the images though text.
To begin…
So much of my life right now revolves around the two lives that are growing inside me. They are ever present in everything I say, do, and think. I took the photo below while relaxing in a lovely almost-lime green lawn chair on a blue sky, golden sunshine early summer evening after work. My book in my lap, my dogs playing around me, and my cat prowling through the emerald stalks of grass in desperate need of trimming, yellow eyes flashing at the passing of minute flying bugs. My beautiful babies took advantage of my utter stillness to remind me just how fast and strong they’re growing and I sat back to soak up the indescribable feeling of pure love that accompanies feeling your baby, in my case babies, move inside you. I took this photo in the midst of all my children, feeling blessed, thankful, and utterly content.
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