Hello friends! I'm back! Alaska and Canada was amazing with some beautiful pictures coming soon! It always feels nice to go home after a vacation but at the same time sad because you don't want to leave paradise. I was hoping when I got home that secret ninja maids cleaned up my mess from packing, unfortunately that did not happen. Lots of cleaning to do and lots of laundry ahead of me.
This post isn't just about my vacation, in fact I wanted to do it because I witnessed something really sad at Target tonight. I heard there was funfetti gluten free cake mix so I ran to Target to get a box (added bonus was there was a cartwheel coupon)! In the check out line in front of me was a grandfather and his two granddaughters. The girls looked pretty young maybe around 6. While the grandfather was paying for their back to school light up backpacks one of the girls pointed to a picture of Kim Kardashian on the cover of some tabloid and kept repeating, "she's prettier than me." My heart broke for this young girl who already seems to be having body/self esteem issues before her first day of first grade.
It made me want to cry and even writing this post I am getting emotional. I don't understand why girls or boys or women or men feel the need to judge themselves so harshly or compare themselves to celebrities. A six year old girl should not be repeatedly pointing to a picture of anyone saying "she's prettier than me." Instead that girl should be saying I'm pretty because fill in the blank.
Please I urge you to share the love and teach your children, nieces, nephews, cousins, or your friend's kids to love themselves the way they are. At a young age we should be building up a child's self esteem not letting them feel so insecure. It's seriously heart breaking. Think about when you were younger and try to relate to find a way to reach them and what's the best way to show or teach them how beautiful they are, flaws and all.
Even as adults we struggle with body issues probably on a daily basis but know that you are beautiful. You are a one of a kind which makes you extremely precious and unique. You deserve as much as the person next to you. Love yourself for who you are. Own it. Your flaws are what makes you beautiful and special. Don't ever lose yourself.
I love all of you and I hope you go to bed tonight loving yourself or waking up knowing you are amazing the way you are. Share the love!
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