“I had just finished securing the elastic to hold her braid in place and put the brush down by my side. ‘Now that my hair is all done. I’m beautiful, right?’ I wanted to yell at the world.”
‘Am I beautiful now, mama?’ My heart quickly fell to my stomach. ‘What do you mean, now?’: Mom teaches daughter beauty comes ‘from inside’ in touching moment
‘As we settled into the flight, my daughter started to doze. Then her leaning turned to laying. ‘Oh gosh, PLEASE keep your feet on your seat. PLEASE!’: Woman shares beautiful act of kindness while traveling
” I watched as it happened in slow-motion… and what happened next I’ll never forget.”
Your Worth Is Not Determined By Your Appearance: A Guide To Self-Love During The Pandemic
“I’ve gained 30 pounds during quarantine. I can’t button my pants anymore. It’s hard to look in the mirror. And I’ve been stuck at my home with nothing but my thoughts and my new adult body.”
‘I gathered the courage to ask, ‘Would you let me paint your head?’ She’d hidden her baldness under a wig most of her life.’: Artist befriends woman with alopecia to show ‘baldness is beautiful’
“She decided to stop hiding and ‘come out.’ When I finished, Julia would not stop looking at her head in the mirror. ‘It’s like I am someone else, I feel like a star.’ Her beauty and energy are captivating.”
‘After the birth of my second child, I found myself at 206 lbs. It’s embarrassing to admit. I look rough, aged, even ugly.’: Mom offers encouragement to others struggling with body image, ‘You’ve never looked better’
“I used to see pictures of myself and think I looked FAB. Until I wasn’t. Until I got married, had one baby, and then two. I’m not picture-perfect.”
