Via the very pretty Already Pretty, I discovered BlogHer's Letter to My Body project. Women all over the Internet are thinking about the stuff below our chins, reevaluating their relationship with their skin, really considering the way they treat and talk and use their bodies. And maybe it is ever so slightly dorky to address our bodies in epistolary form, but you know--it appeals to me. It makes the relationship between the you in your head and the you in your body concrete, reminds you how important it is, requires you to sit down and really think about how you treat yourself, your health, your well-being. And I am nothing if not a giant dork. And so I say...
Dear body,What does your letter to your body say? Post it here in the comments, or leave a link back to your blog!
You are beautiful. You are healthy and you carry me up stairs and along on my bike, in bed and out. You can bend and twist, inspire lust and desire, can do anything I ask you to. Anything I want to try, you're up for. You have brought me so much pleasure, and have brought so much pleasure to others. I have used you, and forgotten you, and have forgotten how lucky I am. I am sorry I have been mean to you. I feel I should apologize for being such an ----- to you all these years, for neglecting you, good body, for feeling ashamed when I was naked, for covering you up as if there was something to hide. I will tell you that you're beautiful more often. I will bring you flowers and vitamins and take you out dancing. We should be partners, body. Thank you, body, for putting up with my ----- .
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