I bet if you asked any of your friends if they are 100% happy with how their bodies look, I would venture to say they would find at least one thing they don't like. I think as women, we put too much pressure on ourselves to have the "perfect" body. That is why I like the singer Adele so much! She totally embraces her "curvy" figure. I was reading an article in a recent issue of People magazine and she said, "I've never wanted to look like models on the covers of magazines. I represent the majority of women, and I'm very proud of that. Even when I was signing (for a musical career), most of the industry knew if anyone dared say (lose weight) to me, they wouldn't be working with me." Some women are blessed with the ideal body, but by and large most of us fit somewhere throughout the spectrum. Before I got pregnant with my son, I had lost about 40-50 pounds. I was super obsessed with food and exercise (to the point of getting stress fractures in my feet) and it wasn't very healthy (either physically or mentally). I watched a close friend struggle with an eating disorder. Every woman is different and we come in all different shapes and sizes. I have had my "curvy" body since I was 12. I have come to embrace it and realize I will never have the "perfect" body. I try to eat healthy and get some form of exercise every day. I think when you are comfortable with yourself it radiates confidence from the inside out. If I ever got the chance to meet Adele, I would tell her, "you go girl!!"
When Dominic was diagnosed with Autism at 2 1/2, I went to our local library and took out every book I could find about Autism. Sometimes I would bring back 20 books. This was 2006, so a lot of the information was very "dated." I guess I was looking for a book that would tell me what I should do next, like a "manual." Autism doesn't quite work that way! The saying is, " if you know one person with Autism, you know one person with Autism." Every mom to an individual with Autism follows their own "path." I think as moms, we judge ourselves much harder than anyone else does. I was 41 when I had Dominic. Did he get the diagnosis of Autism because I was an older mom? because I drank a lot of pop? I could sit and think about that every minute of every day. I am pretty integrated into the Autism community around Lansing and have told more than one person that it took me about two weeks to come to terms with Dominic's diagnosis. It is so incredib...
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