Bloggers And Tiaras : Mission 1

There are a lot of times where I just don't feel beautiful. I don't have anyone to come home to and hear "Hey beautiful" on the days when I don't feel that beautiful. Some days I am so busy doing other peoples hair that my own hair is messy looking. I need to lose about 15 pounds. Sometimes I'm so tired I have bags and dark circles under my eyes. I could go on and on but I'm not here to beat myself up. I'm not even complaining about it.

My life revolves around a 2 year old who wants to do nothing more than paint with every single color. It gets in my already messy hair. We play with play-doh and it never fails I have it under my fingernails. We bake cakes together and I get batter down the front of clothes every single time. When we see mud puddles there is no question about it we are going to jump in them. We make sand castles in the sandbox. I'm shaking sand off of me for hours. I dive in and play with my son. We get messy on the daily. We have a great time doing it, too.

I once read that beauty is in the heart of the beholder not in the eye of the beholder and I know that is very true. No matter how unattractive and messy I look when my son looks at me with those big blue eyes I know that he thinks I am the most beautiful person in the world.

I know that being a single mom I might not be able to give my son everything in the world. What I can give him is time, attention, and lots of love. Giving him those things I know that I will always be beautiful in his heart. I wouldn't trade it for all the manicures, pedicures, and nice clean clothes in the world.

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