Today, I Feel Pretty

Yessir, you read right, Today I feel pretty. Today is the key word because I definitely didn't feel pretty yesterday and I'm not so sure I'll feel so fabulous tomorrow!

If you're a woman you know that you feel differently about yourself (your waist, your hips, your thighs, your face) as often as you change your underwear. Sometimes this constant change wears on me and when I find myself feeling good about myself, who I am and the woman I see looking back at me in the mirror, I just want to dance. If you know me, you know I can't dance but on days like today my jeans seem to fit better, my hair lays just right and my dreadful baby tummy seems to flex just enough to avoid being seen by unexpecting, innocent bystanders. I feel good, on days like today I walk taller, I smile more, I play with my kids more. I flirt with Babe more and he seems to look at me like, "Where's crazy Natalie?" But, on days like this, nothing can cloud the sunshine in my life.

Today, I feel pretty and confident. But like any sane person, I always look to the previous day to see what could have transpired to make me feel SO so good. What was different? What did I do that might have such a profound affect on my mood?? Yesterday I didn't feel that great, I was sick. So when I can't taste or smell anything I don't eat much. I don't spend every spare moment succumbing to every craving for chocolate, cheese, or jelly beans. And once again I realized how rarely my stomach gets to "growl" because I'm always stuffing it with something! So maybe it was my day of lighter fare and eating only when I was hungry that helped take the lift my mood and outlook. Maybe God just gave me a freebie!

It's a battle every day, but when I wake up and everything just seems to feel right I know that, regardless of what it took to get me here, I want to enjoy every moment remembering all the things that make me me. Today I feel pretty and there's nothing wrong with that!