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Dear Body,

Good morning. I thought I'd take some time to tell you how thankful I am to have you. I know that I am not always grateful, I know that I look at you in the mirror and always, always, always find something wrong and wish you were different, this is changing, slowly but surely ... I am on a journey, a quest, to love you just as you are.

I am thankful body that you always heal when you are sick. No matter the illness, through it all, you manage to heal yourself, and I am thankful.

I am thankful body that you have 2 strong legs, very strong, that can carry this woman, this weight, where I need to go in this life. You may be challenged, you may grow weary, but you still manage to continue, to carry me. Thank you.

I am thankful body that you have a heart in you that continues to pump, lungs that continue to breathe, a brain that continues to think, a tummy that continues to absorb all that it should. You know how to work well together, I am amazed.

I am sorry body for all of the poison I have put into you over my lifetime, for the times when I have had to much to drink, for the times when I have saturated you with sugar, processed chemicals and fake nutrients. This is not what was made to fuel you, and I am sorry for the way it has made you feel. I am sorry for the times I allow my emotions to drive what I put into my mouth, for not thinking of how it would effect you later, for being selfish. Please forgive me.

You are so strong, You are beautiful. Every freckle on you is just as it is meant to be, every stretch mark is a symbol of the amazing success of 2 wonderful pregnancies.

Let this day be the beginning of a new relationship. Forgive me for every having treated you wrong and not loved you as I should.

I love you body.
-Jessica