Acceptance of Me

if I am the longest relationship of my life, isn’t it time to nurture intimacy and love with the person i lie in bed with each night? acceptance – rupi kaur

The above quote really resonated with me. Rupi Kaur is one of my favorite poets. She is empowering and vulnerable at the same time. I was blessed to see her at a poetry reading in Boston with both of my girls, Caiti and Molly, this past winter.

As many of you know, I pride myself on being a survivor. I strive to be a survivor who celebrates life every single day.

I have always been extremely self-conscious. I have shared in previous blogs my battle with insecurity. It is a battle I have fought for many many years and while I finally feel that I am winning the war, it is not without some casualties.

My stomach looks like a highway interchange. Between numerous surgeries, chest tubes, a hysterectomy and two babies, my stomach tells a story. Some days, I look at my stomach with disgust, wishing it looked different but most days I look at it like a purple heart. I survived the war and came out a winner.

Ask the most beautiful person you know and I promise you there is something she wishes she could change about herself. It is so easy to look on the outside and say “that person is perfect, I wish I looked like her.” What we have to do is look inside of ourselves and say “I am worth it, I am perfect, I am me.”

How you love yourself is how you teach others to love you – Rupi Kaur