What Makes You Feel Feminine? Dresses? Flowers? Running?

Last summer, my friend Stephanie ("Nie Nie") and her husband were in a near-fatal plane crash, and she suffered third-degree burns all over her body. She was in a coma for months and months, but now is home and bravely healing. But she worries about the way she looks, since her face was badly burned...

On her blog, Stephanie wrote about this struggle to keep feeling feminine after the crash: "I love beautiful things. I love to surround myself with things that radiate happiness and beauty. [My daughter] Jane came home from school one day with a large branch of cherry blossoms...Simple things like that allow me to feel special, happy, loved, and most of all...my favorite...feminine...Whatever that is to you personally, don't let it go undone. It is in you safe and warm and no one can take that away from you...no one. I am fortunate to have a husband who gets it. He thrives on it. He expects it. He deserves it. And so do we."

Related: What's the sexiest part of a woman's body?

(By the way, Nie Nie is so brave and wonderful! Hang in there, my darling!)

What about you guys? What makes you feel feminine? Flowers? Red lipstick? Running in the evenings? Smooching? Or do you not really think about feeling feminine? Maybe it's an old-fashioned question? I'd love to hear your thoughts...

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