Sweater Weather and No Longer Hiding My Body
When I was younger, I used to love sweater weather and the opportunity to wear oversized clothes. It was the best way to hide a body I hated. While many of my friends longed for summer and loved shopping for cute shorts and tank tops, I felt horrified at the thought...
Continuing to Love a Postpartum Body
One year ago I was 9 months postpartum with my son, and wrote a pretty raw blog about my attempts to love a postpartum body. Want to read that one first? It’s also featured on this blog. Now, in April of 2019, my son is 21 months, and I’m 4 months postpartum...
Learning to Love and Accept a Postpartum Body
This is me at almost 9 months postpartum. This is a plateau. This is halted progress. This is a size bigger in clothes, shifted ribs and hip bones, cellulite, a soft belly, and a linea nigra that hasn’t faded. This is what it feels like to...Recent Posts
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