Momma, Why YOU Should Go To the Public Pool This Year

Okay this is at Sunsplash. I was so pretty and tan last year. Yesterday was the first day my white skin really saw the sun this summer. Aren’t these two girl’s the cutest. They are M&M and I’s mini me’s. Now, you must let me tell you about the public pool. 

You MUST go. You may even come with me the next time I go. Do you know WHY? The public pool is filled with ALL kinds of NORMAL people in swimsuits. ALL KINDS. I have always had a slight body image problem, what I see in the mirror isn’t always what I really look like. After a lot of hard work, I now have a good body image AND a healthy relationship with food. By saying good body image I mean: That I don’t beat myself up over things I can’t really change, and accepting and appreciating the good things about my body and HEALTH. As, I was walking around the pool sans board shorts, I noticed that I looked pretty OK. I mean I was looking around at all the Mom’s and even the teenage lifeguards and I thought, wow. All of these women were here and they were all beautiful, every single one of them. Each one of us had flaws sure, but we were all there working. We were all there watching and protecting children. We were all united, one-pieces, two-pieces, cellulite, tattoos, scars, and saggy parts. Every single one of us had things that were beautiful one woman flashed a mega watt smile, I noticed one with eyelashes so long, dark and thick. I paid $70 to have eyelashes like that once. One woman had thick brown hair, and another had an infectious laugh. One woman had abs of steel and another had strong muscular legs. One had a dusting of freckles all over her body, angel kisses. Every one was different, everyone was beautiful and not ONE of us was airbrushed. Imperfect Perfection. I don’t have to look like a magazine ad at the public swimming pool. I sat in the sun, my favorite thing to do with one of my dearest, most darling friends. We were joined by another friend, and another, and another. Unplanned. How lucky is that? How FUN is that? It is nice to just be me, in a swimsuit, OK with me. You know? Oh, and a bonus is the kids played and played and played. It is beyond cheap to get in. They came home cranky and worn out and are now sleeping peacefully.