I started with: "Sammie, I love you more than all of the trees in the whole world."
Sammie: "is that a lot? because I love you more than Disney."
Me: "oh thank goodness!"
Sammie: "Mommy, I love you more than my tv."
If you know my child, you know that she considers that a big deal.
I am so thankful that my little girl is exactly that...my little girl. She is absolutely precious and steals my heart all over again every day.
And even though I'm supposed to be teaching her things, she is actually teaching me a very important lesson...
how to love myself...
I've been working really hard lately to get myself in shape and down to a certain weight that I see as "skinny enough" or "good enough" for a bikini or just to look at myself and be satisfied. I've been on a fairly strict 1200 calorie diet during the week, have given up caffeine completely, working out everyday for 30-35 minutes on my lunch break and on Saturday mornings, and doing the 30 Day Shred every evening. I am certainly seeing the results I want...slowly....but certainly. I am enjoying myself and am very proud of myself for the hardwork I'm putting in to it.
But more importantly, I am beginning to love myself. And my body. Which for a woman, is BIG news.
You may be asking yourself how Sammie teaching me things has anything to do with this, but bare with me.
Sammie has her daddy's freckles. Not quite as many as he does, but his nonetheless. They are under her eyes and across her nose. She has always complained about her freckles. She's always (since she's understood things) said that she hated them and wished she didn't have them. I've noticed, however, that as she's getting older, she's beginning to love them....
Me: "I love you more than the amount of freckles on your face."
*I immediately cringed in fear about what her response would be*
Sammie: "aww, I love my freckles, mommy."
*huge sigh*
I love you Samantha Grace. You'll understand how much one day.
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