BlogHer is premiering a new separate topic area today: Body Image by encouraging us all to write a Love Letter to Our Body.
Dearest Body of Deb,
I haven't told you recently - ever? - that I love you. You make me possible yet I take you granted. I'm sorry.
In the past I have felt disdain for you. You were thicker, taller, shorter, skinnier, fatter, weaker, tighter, looser, lighter, darker than I desired. You were out of control; too slow or too fast in responding. At times, I could not trust you.
In the past I have felt betrayed by you: You have poor eyesight and bad blood fats. You have a brain that did not respond well to the female hormones you created. You have allergies. You have tendons that tend to inflame.
Still, in 55 years, 7 months, and 14 days you have never stopped being there for me.
So, today I celebrate your better qualities and make promises to you:
You possess a brain still capable of learning new things. I promise to challenge this capability with physical and mental tasks that make this brain grow and live!
You possess strong bones. I promise to provide you with calcium and the weight bearing exercises to keep these bones strong.
You possess strength. I promise to continue challenging that strength.
You posses energy. I promise to give you 8 hours rest each night to restore this energy.
You possess health. I promise to champion your health with the foods and medications that make it possible.
You possess a voice. I promise to use it for good. And to sing every so often to make it happy.
You possess a heart. I promise to fill it with joy and caring.
I also blog at: Deb's Daily Distractions and BlogHer on Mondays and Saturdays.
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