Beauty of a whale.

It has been rather recent that the talk of weight has entered my life. At a check up I was told I was now considered medically 'Obese" or overweight by just four pounds on the hospitals scale. I was heartbroken and I then started trying to lose weight. Looking at magazines and other awful examples of how a women should look made me sad because I was not the "perfect" body. . . . until one day, I stumbled upon this. . . 

"A while back, at the entrance of a gym, there was a picture of a very thin and beautiful woman. The caption was "This summer, do you want to be a mermaid or a whale?"

                              The story goes, a woman (of clothing size unknown) answered the following way: 

"Dear people, whales are always surrounded by friends (dolphins, seals, curious humans), they are sexually active and raise their children with great tenderness.They entertain like crazy with dolphins and eat lots of prawns. They swim all day and travel to fantastic places like Patagonia, the Barents Sea or the coral reefs of Polynesia.They sing incredibly well and sometimes even are on cds. They are impressive and dearly loved animals, which everyone defend and admires.

Mermaids do not exist.But if they existed, they would line up to see a psychologist because of a problem of split personality: woman or fish?They would have no sex life and could not bear children.Yes, they would be lovely, but lonely and sad and, who wants a girl that smells like fish by his side?

Without a doubt, I'd rather be a whale.At a time when the media tells us that only thin is beautiful, I prefer to eat ice cream with my kids, to have dinner with my husband, to eat and drink and have fun with my friends.We women, we gain weight because we accumulate so much wisdom and knowledge that there isn't enough space in our heads, and it spreads all over our bodies.We are not fat, we are greatly cultivated.Every time I see my curves in the mirror, I tell myself: "How amazing am I ?! "(The girl on the picture is French model Tara Lynn)"

So. . . I might be overweight and have a few problem areas and I will lose some weight for health issues, but I'm not going to starve my self to be something that isn't real anyway. 

So here I raise my cup of hot coco, in joy in my body and the fact that it can do so many wonderful things such as move, dance, laugh, hurt, feel love and someday make and protect life. 

Yeah BODY love! 

I will wear the badge proudly

My dearest friend of mine, before he left on his mission, wore this silly band on his left arm. He wore it for a full year and not once took it off.


He proudly wore it, and if anyone asked what the band said, with pride and with a full long explanation he told them what it meant. He wore it in the shower or when he went swimming and when he went to bed. He wore to work and big family events. He wore it when working in mud or painting a room, every day, all 365 of them (and even more) he wore it. And that is when I thought he was the biggest nerd of all time. In my mind I thought "who would display something like that?"

As time went on, the band started to lose it's lettering. I had offered many times to replace it, but every time he replied "I will not wear the new one. I said I wouldn't take this one off until I received my call" So alas, even with letters missing and viewers of the band more confessed at what it said, he still wore it.

On August 11th, 2010. His call finally came. We stood out side the door, breathing deeply before we found out his new future. He smiled at me and calmly said "I will no longer be needing this anymore" And with a flash the band was off and placed in his pocket. This "Future Missionary" was about to be called "Elder"




Exactly one year later, in the same hot month of August, I turned twenty years old. I had accomplished two decades of life and had quite a bit to show for it. I have been to many places, seen many different faces and continue to learn from others beliefs. However, I wanted something more. This want had been there since I was fourteen years old and through the years the hunger for it has grown. So on my birthday I decided to be like my dear friend and his band, but instead I will wear a badge, proclaiming the want to do something good and to share a true eternal happiness. I decided to work on becoming a future missionary. And I will continue to wear the badge every day on my key chain until I get my call and become a "Sister" and then wear that badge proudly to the front lines of the world.

"We'll bring the world His truth"