Outlaw Woman

See your silvered hair as a miracle you have been granted the gift to age. See your wrinkles as proof that you laughed. See your darkening freckles as a reminder that you let the sun kiss your skin. All that you feel are growing imperfections should light up your smile, because it is only because you have lived another day that you get to see these things.
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I ask each of you to stop and change the narrative. It matters. Only when you focus on the gratitude of being fortunate to live do you truly get to live. Our bodies are beautiful vessels that carry our souls - yes, they are to be taken care of - but don’t shame them for taking a beating and collecting scars to protect what really matters.
Love always, Tamra (the girl with varicose veins, thinning hair, dimpled thighs and 5 black hairs that grow overnight from her chin)
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