Who am I??? Let me tell you about a kid who was born in Germany on August 6th, or 8th……(I am still confused to this day….I’ll explain later) I am the product of a Army man and physical therapist. I was born in Germany due to my father being stationed there at the time. I have one older brother, an amazing family and a tight circle of childhood friends. I have an amazing boyfriend, 13 year old bonus daughter Skylar as well as an energetic loving son, Leo.
I appreciate my friends because every last one of them allowed me to believe I was “thick” as we grew up. The reality is, I was thin sooooo thin but I couldn’t gain weight for anything. I eventually had my first child and before I knew it, I looked in the mirror and I was the heaviest I’ve ever been. In that moment I knew I had to make a decision on if I was going to love or hate this new body. I decided to love myself through it. I had to because my stretchmarks tell a beautiful story about how I gave birth to my son. Changing my mindset on what I was looking at in the mirror helped A LOT.
I also did things such as saying affirmations in the mirror, making sure to oil my entire body after a shower because it forced me to look at every part of me and embrace it! I took selfcare very serious and it started to force me to love me, all of me! I soon decided I wanted to have my own Boudoir shoot and it was the most vulnerable I’ve ever been hahaha the thought of someone seeing the crack of my ass terrified me hahaha. And through all of that I still committed because my photographer was amazing. She made me feel beautiful and empowered.
I wore a white t-shirt and black panties haha I was comfortable.
Overall, I did it, I did it scared, I did it nervous but I still did it!
“Talk to yourself often, say nice things to yourself”
Until next time,
- Denisha