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Three....Way....Mirrors.

Honestly, I think certain stores would have WAY more of my money if they'd just put a single full-length mirror in their dressing rooms. When there's a three-way mirror in there, I will find a flaw. For starters, shopping post-baby is not exactly enjoyable. Then you give me a mirror where I can see every ...er... toneless inch (to put it nicely) I am more likely to burst into tears than go on a shopping spree!

Of course, I brought the prince. Frankly, I was kind of dreading the idea of toting him along since this was supposed to be my therapeutic shopping trip (that I informed Kelby I'd be taking in his absence). I'd have to say that it was the best part of the whole experience actually. While trying on one pair of jeans after another, my spirits started taking a bit of a dive. Every time I looked up into that God-forsaken three-way mirror, I came up with a new reason to hide behind sweats and a T-shirt. Then I met Max's eyes in the mirror. He looked up at me through each reflecting panel with an expression that said that I was just the most perfect person in the world to him. He smiled and his binky fell out. And you know what? All those sarcastic comments I had mentally stored up about my body just disappeared.

It made me think about the future when our kids are older and beginning to develop insecurities about their bodies. They're going to look to us for affirmation. How can I help them to know that they're perfect just the way God made them when, as far as my body's concerned, I can't even convince myself of that? It's another "teach by example" type of situation. And along those lines, we have to take care of our bodies. After all, they are the temples of the Holy Spirit. So, oh Lord I can't believe I'm going to publish this, I think it's time that I do that too. Starting today not tomorrow, I am going to eat healthier and move more. Until I began typing up this blog post I had no idea that I was going to arrive at this conclusion so I'm going to have to take some time to develop a plan. It might help me to share it here for some accountability.

In summary
I still despise three-way mirrors, but I'm going to begin taking care of the 1 body God gave me.
Wish me luck!