It’s Okay to be Beautiful
Posted on 25. Jul, 2010 by maryanne in Personal, Portraits
I tell her she is beautiful, and ask her to feel it from within. That is where it is. Inside. The glory God has given her as a woman. I turn my head and and adjust the backdrop that will not cooperate with me. I fluff the chiffon and tape up the velvet.
When I return there is a small but valuable tear sliding down her luminous cheek. I pause and frown. “What is it honey?” I ask. But I already know. I know because I feel it too, as has many if not most women on the planet. We don’t believe it. We don’t embrace it. We’re beautiful, and we don’t know it. She stutters to try to explain, and and I hold her head in my hands and pray for her and speak words of blessing. This is easy because she is mine. She is my Katie. I tell her who she is, who God says she is, and that it is okay to be beautiful. We don’t have to be afraid of it. It is our glory as women. It is our gift. Our softness, our inner passion. Our resolve to love.
We change the music and we laugh. I see her shining now. My Katie. It is okay to be beautiful. It is how God made you.
cmo
26. Jul, 2010
A wise mother and one who is equally beautiful as her daughters.
Danielle
26. Jul, 2010
So so true.
Sara M.
26. Jul, 2010
So true. So often we think “It’s okay for others to be beautiful” but leave ourselves out of the equation… Thanks for reminding me of this truth
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Grandma Mary
26. Jul, 2010
Mary Anne, you have captured that inner beauty in Katie. These pics are fabulous. She is truly beautiful. Has been since the day she was born. Like her Mom.
Dan
27. Jul, 2010
….WOW.
Beautiful indeed.
Dinah
27. Jul, 2010
Love you Katie!! You are so beautiful…inside first and then outside….beauty is who you are!
Mama
28. Jul, 2010
She is amazing and so are you, Mary!
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