Perspective.

I had finished up with my shower and took a look at myself in the mirror from bottom to top. I had mixed emotions about this. In my previous posts you have journeyed with me to see how I went about jump starting my body to get pregnant and the roller coaster that was. This seems similar but different.

It’s different because now we have our 3 babies and it is  hard for me to say that , the chapter of planning to have more pregnancies is now done. There is so much that went into us having our children that I didn’t realize it would be a journey as well after that chapter closed. For one, even though I just had our baby girl last year, she has been growing up so fast , determined to be independent and keep up with her brothers which I love but I didn’t realize how much I would miss just having a newborn or planning for another baby.

I have also come to the realization that my “snap back body” that I had after our two boys is actually in a “hold up , wait a minute” phase haha! It is taking much longer to shed the pounds this time but after I brought that mirror back up to my face I began to encourage myself. “This body has carried 3 big beautiful babies and is still nursing one. I look good. ”

This doesn’t mean that I wont work towards the health and body goals I do have but it does mean that I give myself grace in the time limit it will take to meet those goals. My hormones are realigning and we are still learning new things about having a family of 5. Even in the midst, I love our little Wilson tribe so much and am so grateful for what we do have! It is so rich.  I have learned more about shifting my perspective but still need to remind myself to actually do it sometimes during the moments I need that affirmation the most. So I am sending this message not only to myself but to anyone else that is reading this.

Can we acknowledge what we feel and then reassess to get back to a place of thankfulness? I feel like once I get to that place of deep gratitude for what is presently going on , it helps to fuel whatever goal I have in a positive way rather than sinking into a depression because of what is lacking.

“It is not joy that makes us grateful, it is gratitude that makes us Joyful” – author unknown