I Feel Beautiful When...

I was recently tagged on facebook, but am choosing to post this here.  I am supposed to post 5 pictures of when I feel beautiful.  I have been thinking about it for over a week.  Beautiful is more than skin deep for me. 

1.

I feel beautiful when I am with Brian.  He brings out the best in me.  He tells me I am beautiful, and he's a pretty genuine guy,  so I know I am beautiful to him.  If you all thought I was ugly I could get over it because I have him.  He builds me up.

2.

(This was taken by Rylan.)  I feel beautiful being a mother.  Motherhood is the most challenging thing I have ever done.  It is in moments like these that I see the true beauty of being a woman, even with my postpartum belly.  Mother love is beautiful!

3.

(photo by Rylan)  I feel beautiful when I am creating.  Here I am where I do most of my projects and just like this picture shows, I am usually surrounded by kids and it is a mess.

4.

I feel beautiful when I overcome.  This photo was taken at Isaac's burial.  At the time, I did not feel beautiful, but when I look back at this I see a woman who in the most difficult circumstances, held her head up.  I carried on.  I survived.  I did not let this take me down.  I grew closer to Brian instead of letting it tear us apart. I felt the LOVE of God. This trial was HARD, and I am stronger because of it.

5.

I feel beautiful when I accomplish something amazing.  This is a picture of me as I delivered Eden.  As in, I caught her!  It was AWESOME.  I see beauty in pregnancy and birth, so so much. This was kind of the ultimate experience for me.  I loved it so much.