Women Who Need Encouragement -- Read and Share This

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melbatoast917
melbatoast917 Posts: 370 Member
in Motivation and Support
....but please give credit where credit is due. I wrote this in the shower at the YMCA several months ago and it has helped me stay focused when the times got tough. Basically, this came after a family member and confidant whom I had hoped I could lean on accused me of "changing" and being "obsessed." Really this is my response to her demanding question "Why???"

I want to run and not jiggle
Wear a slinky dress and not wiggle.
I want to see light between my thighs
And buy boots in normal calf size.
I want to dance and have fun
And not be "Right there - the fat one!"
I want to still  be rockin' skinny jeans
When my kids are in their teens.
I want to be fearless when I'm nude 
And have a charming, sunny attitude.
I want to go on a cruise and lie on the beach
And fly on a plane without buying two seats.
I want to turn heads when I walk in the room
To my husband, be the sun and the moon. 
I want a healthy, happy, long life 
And be a better mother, best friend and wife.

melbatoast917 aka Jackie Anne Wilson
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  • dotido
    dotido Posts: 49
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    This is so cute and motivational! I can relate with this piece of art.

    Thanks for sharing! <3
  • Jenism1
    Jenism1 Posts: 149 Member
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    Love it!! Well done. Great reminder as to why we are here! Thanks so much for this.:happy:
  • laurenw1992
    laurenw1992 Posts: 62
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    Absolutely love this! You also share my aunties name haha! Great stuff!
  • 47Jacqueline
    47Jacqueline Posts: 6,993 Member
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    Wonderful. Thanks for sharing this.
  • MandaLeigh123
    MandaLeigh123 Posts: 351 Member
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    Thanks for sharing!
  • AlissaFL
    AlissaFL Posts: 80 Member
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    Thank you for sharing! That is an awesome poem and mantra. I want all things too!!!! Sorry your friend questioned you, but I am glad you had the courage to answer the question Why? And with gusto, I might add.
  • rachellanae11
    rachellanae11 Posts: 10
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    this is wonderful thanks for sharing!
  • snapdoodle1
    snapdoodle1 Posts: 34
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    beautiful. thanks for sharing.some people are threaten by change.they arent sure if youre the same.
  • pkw58
    pkw58 Posts: 2,039 Member
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    Thank you for posting!
  • JeniSue28
    JeniSue28 Posts: 1,395 Member
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    Thanks for posting, this is great!
  • melbatoast917
    melbatoast917 Posts: 370 Member
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    beautiful. thanks for sharing.some people are threaten by change.they arent sure if youre the same.

    You are very right.
  • Csurviver
    Csurviver Posts: 17 Member
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    Awesome, I am going to share this with a fellow work out buddy. She has lost over 75lbs and we talked about how even your best friends kind of alienate you because of your new lifestyle.
  • latulley
    latulley Posts: 1 Member
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    love it :happy:
  • melbatoast917
    melbatoast917 Posts: 370 Member
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    Thanks, guys!:smile:
  • niemand88f
    niemand88f Posts: 9 Member
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    thanks for sharing, very creative and inspiring :)
  • melbatoast917
    melbatoast917 Posts: 370 Member
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    Thanks for reading!
  • Belindacandoit
    Belindacandoit Posts: 7
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    love it! awesome! thx so much fopr sharing, do you care if i copy and print it for those weak moments?
  • jenomaha
    jenomaha Posts: 631 Member
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    I absolutely love it! :flowerforyou:
  • DERBS21
    DERBS21 Posts: 33 Member
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    That was so Great...Thank you for sharing
  • naceto
    naceto Posts: 517 Member
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    Terrific! Thanks for posting!

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