Links: Birthday Wish for her Daughter by Christa Verem

Birthday Girl

I loved reading Christa Verem's piece A Birthday Wish for My Daughter Turning Two on her blog, the big american. Christa writes directly to her daughter about body image and size, strength, growth and more. Important topics for girls and boys alike.

I imagine that most of us (adults) have had moments where we've felt insecure about our bodies. Ok, it is definite that we've all had those feelings. In this letter, Christa offer her daughter the wish that she will feel the power in the thighs and body, instead of insecurity or fear. The letter is "a wish for (her daughter) and (her) thighs."

Here's my favorite part, "My wish is that you will not forget how your thighs allow you to run, jump, and climb. That should you find yourself years from now jogging in place on a treadmill at the gym it’s because such exercise makes you feel good and clears your mind, not because you enjoyed a slice (or four) of your own birthday cake the night before. The woman running on the treadmill next to you will be sweating to change the shape and size of her thighs oblivious to the fact that they are the reason she is able to run at all. May you be spared such an ironic fate."

Click through to continue reading the entire piece. I hope you'll stay awhile and explore her blog about being a hat-wearing American woman married to a wonderful man from Bosnia.