knix | INSTAGRAM | JUN 23

"I’ll be honest, I didn’t expect my body to look like it just gave birth 1.5 years after it did.⁠ But that is the reality.⁠ ⁠ You know what else is a reality?⁠ Being loved by a partner fully.⁠ Being completely present with my children.⁠ Summer vacations on the horizon.⁠ A career.⁠ Fulfilling friendships.⁠ Loving family.⁠ A nourished body.⁠ Movement that feels good for the soul.⁠ Healing.⁠ Rest.⁠ Reflection.⁠ and Joy.⁠ ⁠ My whole life it felt like my body was to be a certain way as a prerequisite to these realities.⁠ ⁠ And yeah, trusting your body can be hard.⁠ Especially after it changes.⁠ It’s hard because “letting it do it’s thing” only feels comfortable when it’s doing what we want it to.⁠ But trust doesn’t mean obedience.⁠ Trust means trusting into the unknown.⁠ Into that change.⁠ Or lack of change.⁠ The discomfort of not knowing.⁠ Ebbing and flowing.⁠ ⁠ It’s a partnership.⁠ Showing up IN love.⁠ Even when you don’t feel loving feelings.⁠ ⁠ It is, a beautiful existence in reality."⁠ ⁠ Thank you for the moving words, @thebirdspapaya 💗 ⁠ #knix #LifeAfterBirth