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Who Chooses Whether We Are Beautiful?

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I recently found this post on Family Love Does More. The video is powerful and Angie’s post is worth a read.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DdM-4siaQw

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I'm a middle aged woman doing the things that middle aged women do and trying not to beat myself up. I'm living the life I choose with the man I love, the grown up son who impresses me all the time, and the most adorable pup ever rescued from the euthanasia list. We live in the heat of the Southwest, where I regularly sweat through my Lane Bryant bras.

9 thoughts on “Who Chooses Whether We Are Beautiful?”

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  1. Melanie McNeil's avatar
    Melanie McNeil
    April 18, 2015 at 7:40 pm

    Thanks. I “saw” the video as my husband watched it and described it to me. He thinks I’m beautiful. I have a little more ambivalence about it … have written about this as well… I actually wrote this about 3 years ago, posted it in wordpress a year and a half ago.
    https://ourviewfromiowa.wordpress.com/2013/10/26/a-middle-aged-woman-reclaims-her-beauty/

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    Melanie McNeil
    April 18, 2015 at 7:50 pm

    One more comment — this evening my daughter added a new profile picture of herself in facebook. (I rarely post photos of myself, because I don’t like the way I look…) Her photo of herself shows she’s wearing a v-neck t-shirt. Visible at the neckline is the IV port she has installed in her chest. She chooses beautiful…

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    Angie Mc
    April 18, 2015 at 10:22 pm

    Why hello there, Heidi! Thank you so very much for the compliment of linking to my post. I’m SO impressed that you have written TWO blog posts today – you go BB 😀 I look forward to reading more from you. There just wasn’t enough hours in the day today, was there?!

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