Dear Mama: Your Body is Incredible (and Your Babies Are Watching)

Let’s pause for a moment and think about everything your body has done.

It has carried you through long nights, hard days, and moments of joy that cracked you wide open. Maybe it’s grown life. Maybe it’s nurtured it. Maybe it’s held space for the little ones who call you Mom.

Your body is not the before photo or the bounce back project.
It’s a masterpiece in motion. A living, breathing love story of resilience.

But here’s the part we don’t talk about enough:

Your kids are watching.

Not just how you feed them, care for them, or cheer them on at games.
They’re watching how you talk about your own body. How you look in the mirror. How you speak when you’re pulling on jeans or standing in a swimsuit.

And they’re learning.

I honor the strength of my body.

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I speak to myself with love.

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I am teaching my children confidence by example.

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I honor the strength of my body. 〰️ I speak to myself with love. 〰️ I am teaching my children confidence by example. 〰️

What Do You Want Them to Learn?

We all want our kids—especially our daughters—to grow up confident in their skin. To believe they’re more than enough. To know their body is a tool, not a trophy. But how will they believe that if we don’t believe it for ourselves?

When they see you smile at your reflection,
When they hear you say, “I’m strong,”
When they watch you move your body because it feels good—not to punish it—
You’re planting seeds.

Seeds that say:
“My body is worthy. My body is powerful. My body deserves love—exactly as it is.”

Loving Your Body Isn’t Vanity. It’s Legacy.

You don’t have to feel confident every single day. You’re human. You’re tired.
But each time you choose to speak kindly about your body, each time you fuel it with care, each time you celebrate what it can do instead of criticizing what it’s not—
You’re teaching your children to do the same.

Not just with their bodies.
But with their whole selves.

So, mama—
Wear the shorts. Take the picture. Eat the cake. Dance in the kitchen.
And when that little voice asks why you’re doing it?

You get to say:
“Because I love my body. And it’s done amazing things.”

And that? That’s a lesson that lasts a lifetime.