I think that as it is with many single women my age, the focus is always on what is wrong with me, why doesn't that person like me, what can I do to change?
I no longer think that way after years of wishing I was someone else, I was skinnier, prettier, funnier, cooler. I used to look at myself in the mirror and think the worst, but now when I look in the mirror all I see is beauty. Yes I believe I am a beautiful person. I was born with a skin condition that gave me white spots that cover my torso and changed my hair grey and at a young age it was so hard to see anything but a defect. I embrace that now. The biggest struggle for me has always been what people will think when they see them and now I don't care, they are as much apart of me as the color of my eyes... they make me unique and they in many ways have shaped me. I am someone who is stronger because of everything I have had to deal with in my life. Body image issues is one of the hardest things for a person to overcome because if you look into the mirror and you can't see yourself as beautiful then no one else will.
I used to think that all I would need to feel pretty was for someone to tell me that I am, now I wake up every morning and say it to myself and it's true.
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