I like big butts and I cannot lie!
You know, it's really taken awhile for me to truly appreciate and love my own body. You would think that after spending 24+ years in it and considering all that it's done for me over these years, I would've learn to love it earlier. But I guess that's part of being a woman: you only see the "too fat," "too short," "not pretty enough," and other flaws and blemishes. Most of the time, you don't see the strong, the pretty, or the parts that are beyond the flaws, the parts that are good enough.
For me, it took a serious slip to realize that. So what happened was this: this weekend was supposed to be car wash day and even though my partner in crime (won't name names; just look for the dirty car) flaked out on me, I decided that Lance really needed it so I went ahead with the car wash anyway. Plus this way, I can say that I spent the weekend waxing my Lancer, which I did do. Hehehe... :P
So I started with hosing down everything and I was getting ready to mix some suds for a soap-down when I realized I forgot the soap in the garage. I run back inside to get it, straight over the wet, slippery, concrete sidewalk and BAM! Before I knew it I was lying on the ground going "Oww..." I managed to sit up before I realized what happened: I fell. Luckily, I managed to get up and aside from maybe a big bruise, I wasn't too badly hurt.
But I realized that things could've been bad... in fact, really bad. In fact, if I hadn't landed square on my butt and/ or my butt had had any less fat, I... well, I don't even want to think about what couldn've happened. I mean, we're talking me running and landing smack on cold, hard, concrete here with next-to-nothing cushioning me, especially since I was just wearing a t-shirt and shorts. But I was really lucky because I fell just right and my big butt saved me!
So I've come to this final conclusion: Yes, I've spent years looking at myself in the mirror and saying "Oh this isn't right" or "This could use some work" or "Man, I really shouldn't have gone for that extra slice of pizza." But I've never said anything like "This big butt saved me from being seriously hurt" or "This thigh fat keeps me warm when it gets cold in the winter." In reality, all of those things are true, but most of the time, we just don't realize it. So I think I'm going to appreciate my body more now. Because yes, I'm not perfect, not even perfectly beautiful, but you never know when a flaw, like a big butt, can really help you out in a tough situation.
For me, it took a serious slip to realize that. So what happened was this: this weekend was supposed to be car wash day and even though my partner in crime (won't name names; just look for the dirty car) flaked out on me, I decided that Lance really needed it so I went ahead with the car wash anyway. Plus this way, I can say that I spent the weekend waxing my Lancer, which I did do. Hehehe... :P
So I started with hosing down everything and I was getting ready to mix some suds for a soap-down when I realized I forgot the soap in the garage. I run back inside to get it, straight over the wet, slippery, concrete sidewalk and BAM! Before I knew it I was lying on the ground going "Oww..." I managed to sit up before I realized what happened: I fell. Luckily, I managed to get up and aside from maybe a big bruise, I wasn't too badly hurt.
But I realized that things could've been bad... in fact, really bad. In fact, if I hadn't landed square on my butt and/ or my butt had had any less fat, I... well, I don't even want to think about what couldn've happened. I mean, we're talking me running and landing smack on cold, hard, concrete here with next-to-nothing cushioning me, especially since I was just wearing a t-shirt and shorts. But I was really lucky because I fell just right and my big butt saved me!
So I've come to this final conclusion: Yes, I've spent years looking at myself in the mirror and saying "Oh this isn't right" or "This could use some work" or "Man, I really shouldn't have gone for that extra slice of pizza." But I've never said anything like "This big butt saved me from being seriously hurt" or "This thigh fat keeps me warm when it gets cold in the winter." In reality, all of those things are true, but most of the time, we just don't realize it. So I think I'm going to appreciate my body more now. Because yes, I'm not perfect, not even perfectly beautiful, but you never know when a flaw, like a big butt, can really help you out in a tough situation.