sparkles, wings and pretty girl things

My toddler is my inspiration today. She sees herself as beautiful no matter what she's wearing or doing. She can wear mismatched socks, her hair could be in knots and wild but, she can walk into a room and announce "Momma, Wickie's so  pretty". She's right. She IS pretty. She has this gorgeous complexion, beautiful big brown eyes and gorgeous hair. She has this perfect little nose and sweet little ears. Delicate long fingers and legs that go on for miles.  The kid knows she's gorgeous. I'm glad. Too many times, we let the little things we don't like about ourselves dicatate that "we're not pretty, we're too fat..." That inner voice needs to shut up. We need our inner toddler to dress up in little fairy wings and sparkly tutu's and announce to the world that "I'm so pretty". And, we need to believe it. Just like we did when we were little. We knew. We believed someone when they told us we were beautiful. We never doubted it.

Just remember, you ARE beautiful. Not because you fit into a size 00 but, because you just are. You are a woman, that in itself is beautiful. We're fearfully and wonderfully made.