YOU ARE YOU

Dear Lovelies, 

"...if you are a kid and you are out there and you are chubby and not so cute and nerdy and shy and invisible and in pain, whatever your race, whatever your gender, whatever your sexual orientation, I’m standing here to tell you: you are not alone.

Your tribe of people, they are out there in the world. Waiting for you."

-Shonda Rhimes 

This past week I have felt the opposite of what the amazing Shonda is saying in this excerpt from her speech at the Human Rights Campaign Gala in Los Angels, CA. I have felt less than those around me. I went through the cycle of me telling myself over and over again that no photographers actually want to take photographs of me but more they do it out of pity. I kept telling myself how huge my thighs have gotten and many other things. 

It got so bad that last night I broke down and cried in the shower. I then had a

"come to Jesus" moment with myself and told myself that I am beautiful in my own way. I am a powerhouse. I look how I do and that's okay!

Lovelies... I know you each have felt those negative things about yourself or some form of it. I know the pain it causes you. I want you to now that you are not alone and you are beautiful. We each will struggle with our own insecurities but never let them take over you. 

Never forget that and never forget hope.

You are loved.