If you would have asked me 7 years ago what real beauty was, my idea would have been distorted.  I was a pageant girl.  I only worried about myself.  Although I was a good person, and pageants in essence paid for a good portion of my college education,  I don’t think I had really grasped what life was all about.  I portrayed beauty on the outside.

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Then I got married and had my first child.  I went from perfect body to stretched out.belly

I always had bags under my eyes and tried balancing life.

Then baby #2 came. Looking back, I realize that real beauty is found in life itself. This video of my second son nearly brings tears to my eyes each time I watch it. Those little cries, this vulnerable little life.  Beautiful.

When I look at my day to day life , it isn’t glamorous, but it is filled with beauty.  Kisses from my sweet husband and little boys.  Smiles and giggles to name a few more.

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I also think true beauty is exposing yourself and being ok with it. This picture, just taken this morning definitely portrays that. I am a woman. I am a mom. I’m good at what I do. And THAT is beautiful.

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