Oh Crap! – Musings of an Unperfect Mommy

Body Image

August 3, 2023

Because I’ve spent too much time over the years saying terrible things to myself about how I look, I’m suddenly finding myself doing things to stop that and it’s actually working. Because telling myself that “I’m fat, old, and ugly” isn’t doing me or anyone else a favor. Because sometimes I take that anger that I’ve turned inward and direct it outward to unsuspecting people when I’m having a bad day. Because sometimes it’s not about the fact that you forgot to do something, what it feels like is I’m just a fat, old, ugly, stupid woman. Yeah, not great.

So, one day as I was getting dressed I decided to lotion up after a shower and really look at myself in the mirror and while the side view wasn’t great, it wasn’t the worst either. I looked at myself – really looked at myself – and I could see the younger me I used to be but just packaged differently. The amazing thing is that I have hardly any visible stretch marks after having had 8 children and even my bloved OB/GYN back in the day commented on it. I think it was because I have used body lotion since I was about 20. Sure, I probably stopped using lotion daily here and there, but I really got back into it many years ago during a deep depression, making sure I stayed with it, because it is actually a self care thing. I read somewhere that using body lotion can help give you those good endorphins as if someone was giving you a hug. And that’s why I try to do that on the daily because it feels good, some body lotions are aromatherapy for me, and it just ups my body image too. Well, okay, and I have dry skin, but that’s actually secondary.

So I guess you can teach an older lady some new tricks and you can improve your self image by doing something as simple as taking the time for body lotion or perfume or hand cream or whatever it is that makes you feel like you again and see yourself in a positive light. Because you are truly worth the effort to take care of yourself. As Journey once said in a song, “be good to yourself when nobody else will”. You have to.

P.S. Okay, this is actually today’s post for the blog challenge – I am now caught up. :D

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