from the vault: bodies will keep changing

(originally posted on 2/19/20, editor’s notes in italics)

Society gives us the idea that bodies are meant to stay the same size all of our lives. What if that wasn’t true? 

Bodies are constantly changing. Our bodies change as kids. Our bodies change as we go through puberty. Our bodies change as we try different lifestyles. Our bodies change as we meet new people. Our bodies change as we have children or try to have children or don’t have children. Our bodies change as we get sick. Our bodies change as we age. Our bodies change through life circumstances we didn’t know we were going to have to live through. 

Actually, is there ever a time in a human woman’s life when her body is *not* changing? 

It is normal to go through all of these changes. What’s not normal is expecting things to stay the same. 

How much energy would we save if said, oh hi new change. I’m not crazy about you, but you’re here, and I’ll deal with you.

I just went through another one of these changes (obviously, this was …