Forever Beloved

Faith, Love & Truth

dear body

to my body…

I would like to start this letter by saying two things…I am sorry + you are beautiful

you are an amazing creation that God designed specifically for me…you have carried me through 35 years of playing + walking + moving + learning + thinking + creating + loving + living…

you have endured multiple displays of my clumsiness, bad luck, horrible aim, dumb-flat-feet-make-me-trip…by multiple I really mean uncountable…but yet, you kept going…you didn’t throw your hands up in the air and say “that’s IT, this girl is unreal…how can she fall UP the steps and DOWN them?”…

after all that…

how do I repay you? I belittle you…I call you fat…I complain about my loose skin + belly pooch + neck fat + droopy eyelids…I compare you to every.single.woman. that walks past me…I talk worse to you than i ever would speak to anyone else.ever.

I am so sorry for that…extremely sorry for that…

I wish I would have appreciated what a perfect gift God gave me when he gave me you…you’ve given me two perfect babies and you’ve helped me walk endless miles with my mama shopping…I want to appreciate you for what you ARE not what I wish you WERE…appreciate my stretch marks for what they are, battle marks from having babies…and my loose skin is from all the hard work you and I have done over the past few years…

I am so grateful for you and I vow I will try as hard as I can to change the ugly way I speak to you…at least I hope to…see these habits, they are kinda hard for me to break…but as you and I know all too well, I can do anything I set my mind to…

thanks again…i ♥ you
~me

There could never be a more beautiful you
Don’t buy the lies, disguises and hoops, they make you jump through
You were made to fill a purpose that only you could do
So there could never be a more beautiful you
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i am blessed ♥

did you ever just get an overwhelming feeling of being blessed in a God-given happiness sort of way…when you can close your eyes, breathe in and feel yourself fill up and overflow with blessings…this type of joy comes from memories and reminders of blessings, not riches or abundance…i adore days like this, i feel like they are such a gift from God…

i am blessed to have THE most amazing family ever…to have parents who were willing to take a chance on a little baby girl and give her all the love in the world (and spoil her)…to have an extended family that welcomed me into their life with open arms…to have never once had a drop of resentment or anger about my adoption (thanks to amazing parents)…to have found my birth parents + 3 brothers and have a relationship with them…

i am blessed to have a wonderful husband, like seriously wonderful…in the past 15 years we’ve been through a lot BUT have the most amazing, close marriage…he has given me two beautiful, amazing children who complete my world…we have a household full of laughter and it’s good for my soul…

i am blessed to have friends that i love and that love me for who i am…friends that i consider my family…friends that helps me through the bumps in the road…friends that cry when i cry and laugh when i laugh…

i am blessed to have a business that is blooming far beyond what i ever thought possible…i never would have dreamed gypsy tree would be where it is today…so very thankful for that…

most of all i am blessed to have a Savior that shows me undeserved grace daily…

out for now
~kisses

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