Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Beautiful Wife

I have been struggling with my 'mommy body' once again. I dealt with it once before, after I had my first child, and I am now on another emotional roller coaster dealing with it again. I have good days where I am proud of myself for bringing two beautiful babies into this world, but on my bad days.... I struggle with the new image of myself and it's incredibly hard to feel beautiful.

The other day I looked at myself, really looked...and I was so upset with what I saw in the mirror. It's not that this body I have is sooo hideous, it's just NOT the body that I used to have...the one that I loved. Why did I love the old body? For one, getting dressed didn't almost bring me to tears. Getting dressed now, requires a lot more of me ignoring the mirror. To put it simply...I don't like what I see. I want to feel beautiful again, just like any woman wants, and I want to be beautiful for my husband. Yes, for my husband. He is certainly not the sole purpose of me wanting to look and feel beautiful, but of coarse I want to look beautiful for him....he is my husband. Being a beautiful wife for him means a lot to me.

But after many tears and me snapping out of it..I've realized that this body I have is temporary. I decided to think of it like this...my body is in recovery mode from giving birth, one of the most magnificent things that any woman will ever experience. I WILL get back in shape, with a lot of effort, but it WILL happen. I have decided that God gave me this child and if he wants me to have to work really hard to re-shape my body, then that's what I will do and I am going to enjoy every minute of it! Being a beautiful wife does not just mean being beautiful on the outside....it means being a friend and companion to my husband and being pleasant to be around. My goal now is to stop focusing so much on how I look in the mirror and focus more on my attitude in general and that will help me to be a Beautiful Wife.








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2 comments:

  1. I share the same struggle..I think most moms do. You'll get there!

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  2. You will always be the most beautiful woman in the world. That's the only thing that you're going to have to deal with.
    I love you.

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