Better not eat those donuts if you want to lose those hips.
That’s what the older lady said to me as she scanned my receipt at Sam’s Club. I blurted our “I don’t need to lose my hips, thanks!” and walked away shaken by her pointed comment. I couldn’t believe she’d said that. As I walked to my car with my groceries and loaded up, I couldn’t help but replay it in my head.
Every
Single
Word
…hit like a bullet to my heart. I’d actually been excited about my new hips. I’ve never been curvy and always wanted to be. I liked my hips. My child-rearing, makes-my-hubby-happy hips. And yet her words, this strangers words, made me question my own resolve and joy with my body. When I felt myself sinking back into years of body issues I did what has proven to help me—I texted my husband and my tribe what was said.
My husband and my girls affirmed my heart and my body and bound up the power of those words. They prayed for me and encouraged me, which in turn helped me to wipe my tears and ask God to help me release those words to Him, pray for her and still love my body. Even some of you Lovelies spoke truth to my heart. Thank you.💕
In a world full of unsolicited opinions, I send lots of love and blessings to those of you that use your words to speak life. And if…when someone feels the freedom to comment on the beauty of who you are, respond in truth and love and do what you need to in order to take the power back from those words.
#NoMoreBodyShaming
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