tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781474098383349170.post8172226918421580425..comments2023-07-05T22:26:40.892-04:00Comments on Splendor in the Home: Why I Don't Hate My Body AnymoreChristinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00662784804825998751noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781474098383349170.post-31052495115818454312014-07-28T13:15:33.619-04:002014-07-28T13:15:33.619-04:00I think you look great...and you DO have a waist (...I think you look great...and you DO have a waist (in the bathing suit picture)...it's maybe just a little bit higher than how people think of a waist as being..but you have one.. And, I LOVE this post. I posted something very similar myself yesterday..except I wasn't brave enough to put a bathing suit picture. :) http://onecatholicmama.blogspot.com/2014/07/why-im-not-trying-to-lose-weight-even.htmlAmelia Bentruphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04289052534608175705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781474098383349170.post-14539650886221517352014-07-22T22:00:14.684-04:002014-07-22T22:00:14.684-04:00I too have found that marriage has healed my body ...I too have found that marriage has healed my body image. I have never struggled *horribly* with this ... maybe it sounds cheesy but my parents always told me how beautiful I was and I believed them all growing up. :-P I did have some self-consciousness in particular about being not all that well-endowed up top. (Right now not an issue while nursing twins ... ha.) But after getting married I think I was perfectly at peace with my body ... I had a post drafted about bodies and motherhood ... and then ... I gave birth to the twins. And I have to laugh ruefully at that post draft, because I definitely don't have that peace right now. For the first time I feel like I'm struggling *against* my body to an extent that it hampers my self-image. So ... we'll see. Hopefully peace will come over time. Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17699055172049185864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781474098383349170.post-58899015366052576352014-07-21T23:32:52.163-04:002014-07-21T23:32:52.163-04:00Love this. And I think the bathing suit picture i...Love this. And I think the bathing suit picture is great.<br /><br />So true about how being married to a good man kind of throws all that body image obsessing out the window. Growing up I always wanted more curves. Now it's all about function giving beauty to the form. The belly gets big and deflates. The breasts engorge and deflate, sometimes completely unevenly. The rear... just stays that way. Sometimes we laugh about this stuff but ultimately it makes absolutely no difference. Of course I know in my head it shouldn't matter, but to see that it doesn't change his response to me, is still mind-blowing sometimes. I am beautiful because *I* am beautiful. My butt's not part of that equation.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02647046851163090769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781474098383349170.post-77763327424013482182014-07-21T21:02:26.808-04:002014-07-21T21:02:26.808-04:00What a great post. So many good points. I know tha...What a great post. So many good points. I know that my marriage has been a blessing to me body-image wise. My husband knows and loves me (and my body) in all its various shapes and sizes. What a gift that is. As is the gift of appreciating the female body in its relation to our vocation as a mother. Beautiful. Thanks for writing this. MamaRochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14744850673287667492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781474098383349170.post-29343556006202828362014-07-21T17:00:02.703-04:002014-07-21T17:00:02.703-04:00In my happy world my body is thin, tan, and athlet...In my happy world my body is thin, tan, and athletic. In reality its short, pale, and VERY fluffy :). It has served its purpose miraculous though! I think I'll stick with it and all my perceived short comings. It's fulfilled its true purpose and I'm proud! Hillaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10944360286843076465noreply@blogger.com