July 29, 2014 This evening I sit on the back steps, listen to the hum of the locusts, watch the sun fading to pink behind the blue hills. I push two fingers into my throat and feel the steady throb of my pulse in the jugular … rhythm old as time. My choices have […]
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Same Body, Second Glance: Day Twenty-Eight
July 28, 2014 Today was one of the most gorgeous, light-filled mornings we’ve had in awhile. The air was breezy and cool against the window screens, as golden as a glass of lemonade. I stretched out like a cat in a pool of sun on our jute rug and just tried to soak it all […]
Same Body, Second Glance: Day Twenty-Seven
July 27, 2014 Today, I’m doing something different and posting myself in filterless full-color (in addition to my usual black and white): By now, you guys have figured out that I really love seeing things in monochrome. It feels meditative and revealing, an honest way of presenting my usual state of mind here. It also […]
Same Body, Second Glance: Day Twenty-Six
July 26, 2014 Today my husband and I spent the day wandering around our local art museum, looking at plenty of fabulous textures and lines. But you know what? Today I have the courage to believe that I am a pretty magnificent work of art myself — imperfections, asymmetry, dark circles and all. And believing […]
Same Body, Second Glance: Day Twenty-Five
July 25, 2014 Texture, pattern, line … and Light. ❤ /// {{Wondering what’s going on here?? Almost a year ago, I found myself on bad terms with the person in the mirror. So I made a commitment: every day for forty days, I’d take *one* photograph of my body that I could honestly see as […]
Same Body, Second Glance: Day Twenty-Four
July 24, 2015 Looking for beauty in my ordinary, workaday life… ❤ /// {{Wondering what’s going on here?? Almost a year ago, I found myself on bad terms with the person in the mirror. So I made a commitment: every day for forty days, I’d take *one* photograph of my body that I could honestly […]
Same Body, Second Glance: Day Fourteen
July 14, 2014 Let’s talk, for a moment, about the hard parts. The portions of our bodies that are difficult to accept. The picture I’m sharing with you today is a picture of my knees. They’re a little strange, as far as knees go. If I stand with my ankles together, they point slightly toward […]
Same Body, Second Glance: Day Twelve
July 12, 2014 I’m the sort of girl who goes everywhere fully made up, in a dress and heels. But this is me about ten seconds after waking up this morning, feeling comfortable in my own skin… ❤ /// This post is part of a series. To read more, click here.
Same Body, Second Glance: Day Eleven
July 11, 2014 I hesitated to post this one, but I’m going for it, because it represents victory to me. I look at this picture and I see a body so different from the one I once idealized — different even than the body I once wore, with its hard lines and sharp edges. I’m […]
Same Body, Second Glance: Day Ten
July 10, 2014 Learning to see myself with compassion and wonder… ❤ /// {{Wondering what’s going on here?? Almost a year ago, I found myself on bad terms with the person in the mirror. So I made a commitment: every day for forty days, I’d take *one* photograph of my body that I could honestly […]
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