I was getting dressed this evening to have dinner with my hubby and noticed for the first time that the pair of Capri pants I’ve owned for about a year now had the words “Feel Beautiful” stitched to the inside. I’m not sure why I’d never noticed that before, but as I was getting dressed it made me smile. It was if there was some secret message waiting just for me. Of course as soon as I had that thought, another thought came to me, what does it mean to “Feel Beautiful”?

I actually spent the next thirty minutes or so thinking about this and eventually started to ask my children what that phrase meant to them. My 15 year old daughter really summed it up best: “It means loving myself for who I am inside and accepting myself for how I am on the outside.” I have to say, I was really proud of her answer. She didn’t say, “when someone tells me I’m beautiful.” She didn’t say, “when I wear a certain outfit, or my hair looks a certain way.” She used the words “loving” herself and “accepting” herself. I asked my 9 year old son the same question and he said, “Mom, boys aren’t beautiful, but I think that means liking who you are.”

So I leave you with this thought: Be kind to your body. Take care of it. Nourish it. Feel Beautiful.”