“I need new portraits but I want to loose 15lbs first”…. How many times have we heard or said similar statements. Especially after the year of being home on lock down! Trust me I am not calling you out personally. I called myself out first! Except for me it was way way more than 15lbs.

I know how easy it is to get caught up in the I’ll be happy when scenario. Personally I kept looking at portraits of myself when I much smaller thinking how badly I have messed up, how I don’t look like that now, oh man I was pretty when. OUCH, what a toxic record to be playing in your own head. I know it was toxic in mine. Does hating yourself make it easier to improve yourself and make positive choices. NO! So …. What did I do?

I decided I wanted something current and something I could be proud of. I wanted portraits of who I am today that make me say yes that is me and I love who I am. Now don’t get me wrong. I am still willing to improve my health and I can make great choices. The main thing is to love myself every day and not just the fleeting moments in life when I feel like everything is perfect. Because guess what? Perfection is not real. Life is a journey that takes us down many different roads. Learn to love each day, each road, each trip because it could be cut to an abrupt end and any moment.

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