I bet you can’t guess what I got. That’s right, it’s a bathing suit. Not just any bathing suit, there are two pieces there. Nope, I haven’t lost all the baby weight and I certainly don’t have a two-piece body (this is where the cute-tight-black extra-long-tank comes in) but that really is besides the point.
What is so powerful about this bathing suit is more than the cute polka dots and stripey strings. I made a decision, a conscious choice to push aside my self-image issues, my insecurities about my post-two-babies-body, and the lingering voice inside of me that says ‘I’ll just let the hubbie take them swimming‘.
So this evening I slid (okay, didn’t quite slide) into this cute lil thing, finished it off with said black tank and headed down to the pool with my three fave boys. For over an hour we swam, and laughed, and splashed, and loved. I watched my husband with admiration, my mind going back to having fun with him in the pool pre-kids, even pre-marriage. My youngest swished the water between his toes, and my oldest braved the center of the pool for the very. first. time.
I didn’t miss out on these moments because not only did I buy the suit, I rocked the suit.
I was in the moment, apart of it, drinking it up. Should I have listened to that mean ole voice, I would have simply sat on the sidelines. I didn’t sit it out ‘to take photos’, or because ‘I had nothing to wear’. I jumped in, unwrapped my gift, and am so glad I did.
I hope you are “buying the suit” this week.
{Don’t forget to stay tuned for The Creative Mama’s big Photography Series coming July 6!}
