I "Like" This Too

I uploaded this picture recently to Facebook.  Within a day or two I had a good number of "likes."  I gotta say that each one brightened my day.  It's been so long since I've gotten any sort of acknowledgement of a picture of myself.  That's probably due to the fact that I never upload any new pictures. In reality I've been recycling the same two professional engagement photos for the past two years.

My mother is always telling me to take a picture of my dress when I go to events.  I always wind up lying and say no one had a camera or I keep "forgetting" to send them to her.  My husband and I have this unspoken rule where we don't go out of our way to get pictures of ourselves.  Throughout our entire week long trip to Mexico there were maybe four pictures taken of me.  Looking at them makes me cringe.

But two weeks ago I was feeling pretty good about how I looked while we were out at a street festival.  I even had to stop at a vendor and buy a belt because my (Size 14) jeans are falling down.  I have been putting off buying new jeans hoping I could just bypass Size 12 and fit right back into my beloved Size 10s.  I saw Clifford the Red Dog and decided, what the hell, I want to remember how I look today and told my husband to snap this photo.

Yes, my jeans do look a little silly and I probably should stop wearing them.  And my breasts are like two giant grapefruits impossible to hide behind a vest.  But, you know what?  I look better than I did a few months ago.  And I'm smiling.