Sometimes I get so (stupidly) disgruntled with the shape of my body after having three kids despite my daily efforts, I forget to be thankful for the shape it's in... I forget to feel thankfulness for the three amazing kids it allowed me to have...I forget to feel gratitude for the way it allows me to keep up with them, to snuggle them and pick them up, forget to feel thankfulness for how strong it is...for the way it allows me to till gardens and move heavy stones and rocks around our backyard, to shovel piles and piles of dirt and debris and not feel at all sore later, for the way it allows me to bike for hours and feel even stronger, and for the way it will cart an additional 70 lbs of kid weight behind it on a bike ride and manage hills with barely a strain, I forget to feel gratitude for it's flexibility and the ways it serves me well. I will never be in love with my shape...but I sure can love the shape it's in...