For Dru, Skylar, and Payton ♥♥♥

I support this project for my grandaughter's future views of their bodies and the bodies of other women. Also, I want to learn to eliminate my own 'self loathing' of my

(aging) body! I want to stop it for me so I don't pass it on to my grandaughters, as they continue to grow and become young women.

commented on About Jade 2013-09-07 02:03:04 -0700 · Flag
Jade…I love your beautiful self portrait. You and those supporting your project, inspire me to consider that I do not need to be embarrassed or ashamed of my body. I don’t want to pass those feelings on to my three wonderful grandaughters…they need to love their bodies and themselves…unconditionally! I want to show them I can do this and so can they!

Thank you so very much! patti
endorsed 2013-09-07 01:53:43 -0700

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commented on A Daughter's Last Photoshoot Before Cancer's Finality: Elizabeth Blue 2013-09-07 01:40:14 -0700 · Flag
Looking at these photographs…they remind me of my best friend in my whole lifetime, Evelyn Rich-Lyles. She faught cancer so hard and won…yet her frail body just could not continue due to the years of chemotherapy and the affects they had on her heart. She was such a source of faith, laughter, love, determination…she was the best mom…sister, daughter, friend and citizen of the world. We lost her on July 15, 2005…yet many times it is like yesterday. She would have been a wonderful candidate for Jade’s book…just as Elizabeth Blue is and will touch us every day forward. Thank you for sharing her with us. She was an ‘old n wise soul’…her poem tells us this! I send my love and condolences for the loss of your beautiful daughter…she is still near!
commented on Ashamed and Embarrassed That Her Daughter Posed For This Project 2013-09-07 01:17:10 -0700 · Flag
I am so proud of Paula. I have so much respect for you for standing tall and loving yourself…as a result…you are so loved by others in your life. Your mom is missing the best part of her life…YOU…by not loving you unconditionally! Thank you for doing this and sharing your story. Much love!
commented on Submit Your Body's Story 2013-09-07 00:57:31 -0700
I am a mom of one son and now a gramma of three grandaughters. I grew up being a sun loving, beach loving California girl, that in my late teens and into my forties, I abused my skin by laying in the sun or laying in a tanning bed to reflect that golden brown that I so wated to always show off.


As a result, I have destroyed my skin that was over exposed to the sun or artificial sun (tanning beds). My sun exposed skin is covered with sun ‘freckles’ or sun/age spots, that now at age (almost) 59, many of these sun/age spots are raised skin tags. They are so ugly and embarrassing. I always loved to show off my beautifully tanned body (once I would undergo my initial ‘sun season’ burn - often turning into sun poisoning blistering and peeling of dead skin). Now, my skin is so ugly. I don’t like to wear shorts, let alone (any type of) bathing suit.


In addition, my body reflects the post-menopausal weight gain in my stomach and upper torso body…broadening of my shoulders, enlargement of my breasts, and my unsightly stomach. I can’t even think about dating a man because of how embarrassed I am of my body at this time in my life. I hate I feel this way…not only for myself but for my grandaughters, that live with me.


I want to let this self-loathing of my body go and embrace the beauty of within…learn to love my body again…so my grandaughters will ALWAYS love their bodies; no matter the ‘flaws’ they perceive they have with their bodies. My twelve year old grandaughter is tall and quite ‘filled out’ for her age…much more than her girlfriends. I want her to love her body as it is now, and in the future. My middle grandaughter (age ten) is very petite and her skin coloring is a honey gold, like her daddy (whom is bi-racial). She is our little faerie fashionista…and want her to be happy with her body as well. Our baby girl is six and loves everything and as she grows, if those of us surrounding her, embrace ourselves, positively; she will do the same.


I want to to embrace my body as beautiful, the way it is…learning to love my ‘history’ and help my grandaughters and others to accept and know, from deep within themselves, that we all are beautiful. ..all shapes, sizes, skin imperfections or not, all skin types, shades and colors, all ages, etc… I want to like my body so I can allow others to look at me as beautiful, fulilled, confident, accepting, and even desirable…the way I am.


Thank you.

patti warfield…mom, gramma, and friend

Have Your Voice Heard!

Now Accepting Stories From Women (Not Just Mothers) About Your Bodies From Around The World Of Any Race, Any Ethnicity, Any Sexual Orientation, Any Age!

Have YOUR Voice Heard!

Industries make millions of dollars when women feel insecure, ugly, competitive, & self-conscious. Let’s change that.

Women and mothers have the most amazing, difficult, passionate, and inspiring stories to tell about their bodies, their tiger stripes, battles with cancer & illness, stretch marks, sexual abuse or their thinning out, their gaining weight, their breast-feeding, their miscarriages and beyond. So many stories swirl around these bodies of ours and sharing our stories is the best way to empower ourselves, to realize we are not alone, to help others embrace their own bodies.

Silence keeps our voices and our beautiful selves unheard. By telling your story maybe you help another woman feel strong enough to tell hers.

Please include your name, city/state/country, phone number, email, and your story. Please do NOT include a photo.

Take Your Time! Compose your thoughts. There is no rush. Take notes. Maybe write an outline of your memories, thoughts, & feelings. Then, sit down, and write your story!

Here are some questions that can guide your story but by no means are these required guidelines:

  • How do you feel about your body?
  • What story or stories have you been carrying with you?
  • Was there a specific moment that defined your story or is it layered over time? Explain.
  • What hopes and dreams do you have for future generations of women?
  • What has helped your progress to feel beautiful & cultivate self-esteem?
  • Do you have marks from child-birth and what story do those represent for you?
  • Have you been keeping anything inside that you wish you could finally get out?
  • Have you been able to improve how you feel about yourself and if so, how?
  • Did you struggle to get pregnant? Did you have a miscarriage? Did you ever lose a child?
  • Did you ever have to abort a pregnancy?
  • What is your story about your body?
  • What would you like to be different in how you view your story and your body?

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