Throw Back ... Tuesday?

OK, as requested by some old High School chums of mine, a side-by-side comparrison of how much more magical my boobs are today. (No enhancements or filters or surgeries, just good old-fashioned weight gain and age).

I was surprised at how difficult it was to find good pics of my boobs from HS. This is for a few reasons that I'd like to point out here.

1. Digital cameras were a VERY new thing. Phone cameras... nope.

2. Many of my pictures are of me in a marching band uniform. Or a graduation gown. Not showing a lot of cleavage there.

3. I was just more modest in general. No make up, no hair products, "natural beauty" kind of girl. There was a lot less of me to show off and I just didn't show it.

That said, here I am as a freshmen or sophomore in a princess Jasmine costume, circa 1998-1999

And this was on a family vacation just a few years AFTER High School graduation. This was 2003. The idea of being a small enough C-cup to wear a halter makes me wistful. :) I was a hottie.

Today. (Literally this morning), my DD's would cause me a LOT of neck pain in a halter and I LOVE the fact that I can find things like bras and swim suits with padded straps.

I feel I must add a little note here about my mentality on my size. When I was in my early 20s, I looked back at my college and high school pictures and thought, "damn! What a hottie I was!" and I realized that I wasted those years feeling like a fat cow because the rest of the girls at my school were prettier and skinnier and blonder and were given breast enhancements for their 16th birthdays (along with their mercedes, of course). I knew I was pretty, but since I was naive about the world I never saw myself for the smokin' babe that I was. I decided that day to NEVER take my size for granted again. Because maybe THIS, this right now, is the skinniest I'll be for the rest of my life. (I'm optimistic that I can probably shed at least a few pounds, but that's for a later post). I don't want to take this body for granted and waste my time feeling inadequate or indulging in body-shaming. I can be and feel beautiful now.

I hope you've all figured out that this "blog" is about so much more than boobs. YES we love boobs and YES they are beautiful. It's more about accepting ALL different bodies and loving them and SHARING that acceptance and love via the magical internet. I welcome your comments, your pictures, etc. Love to hear from you guys.

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