The Sun Dress

It's no secret, I've never really been a girly girl.  Aside from wearing my kilt for dance competitions, I rarely wore skirts or dresses growing up.  In fact after my high school graduation, the next time that I wore a dress was on my wedding day and then once or twice since.  I did wear a skirt quite a bit towards the end of my last pregnancy because it was just too hot being late June and I just didn't really care what other people thought because I was bitchy & pregnant.

I bought a couple of cute sun dresses a while ago, thinking that maybe my sister might like them or that I might be brave enough to wear one to my brother in law's ordination but it never happened.  I kept telling myself that my body wasn't where I wanted it yet and that I shouldn't put them on and I didn't.  This weekend, I said screw it and pulled them out of the closet and put that first teal dress on.  I loved it on, it looked pretty good and I felt comfortable in it.

Putting something like that on would never have even crossed my mind 6 months ago, I just wouldn't have done it.  In my 7 months at JDFT I've put in a lot of work, I've changed my thinking, I've accepted that nobody's perfect, that we just need to try our hardest.  I've NEVER felt stronger or healthier in my life and I owe that all to the amazing team at the gym.  I know that I've done the work myself but I never would have had the success that I have so far had they not given me (and many others) a comfortable place to make changes happen, to sort through all of the head work and just have a good old fashioned top of the line support system.

I look forward to checking out other hidden gems in my closet that I might have completely discounted a few months ago, and even if they don't fit just right, I'm going to wear them.  I'm going to stop waiting for perfection because it's not going to happen and I'm going to embrace my body every step of the way through this journey.

"Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect.  It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections."