This is not my before picture, but I just had to write about having my family pictures taken. I hope this is the last time I have to tell the photographer that I am self-conscious about my body. I hope that I don't have to look through pictures again where my shirt is caught between my boobs and my belly. (Yuck!) I hope that next year I don't have to worry about how I'm holding my head so that I actually look like I have something of a neck. There is so much to worry about when getting a family picture taken when you're 150 pounds overweight!On the other hand, I hope my family always snuggles in together like we did for this picture. I hope we always smile and enjoy being together. I hope my husband always looks at me the way he did yesterday--with pure love for his wife and the mother of his kids. I hope we all still laugh together and act crazy and pretend we're rock stars or like we're strutting the cat walk like a bunch of supermodels. I hope we never take ourselves too seriously and continue to grow in love for one another and for Jesus.
May this be the last year you hear me say, "Can you please crop out my big..." (You get the picture!)
