Posted by madeline on January 1, 2007, at 4:54:38
In reply to That body image issue again, posted by Dinah on December 31, 2006, at 15:43:58
I don't know and lord knows that I am not miss "hey look how fabulous my body is", but your body gave you a wonderful son.
It nurtured him while he was at his most vulnerable and let him go when he was ready - with your help - to face the world.
To me, that's a miracle. Your body is capable of miracles.
I'm really getting to the point where I appreciate my body, not necessarily for what it looks like, but for what it does.
I'm not as young as I used to be and boy can I tell it too, but for all it's faults, I know that me and my body are in this together.
Also, I'm not being glib here, but I had this dog when I was a kid. Quite frankly, it was the ugliest dog I had ever known - it stank, was a tidbit aggressive, and seemed to be especially susceptible to getting mange. But I loved that dog with all my heart.
Wherever I went, he was with me and would wait for the schoolbus and run to me when I got off. I actually got teased by my classmates because my dog was far and away the ugliest one in town.
But he was my dog, it didn't really matter what he looked like.
Likewise, this is my body warts and all, I can certainly extend the same love to it.
Maddie
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