My eyes used to be my favorite feature. I never had much self confidence about my appearance growing up, but I did love my eyes.
Grave's Disease took my thyroid, but the most noticible thing it took from me was the love for my eyes. The change has caused me some embarasement and frustration. But no more. Today I am declaring liberation from my embarasement. I am who I am, bug eyes and all. In celebration of this liberation I present you with my least favorite picture of myself and I'm proud of it :)
**PS. I'm not using this post to beg for compliments, I just wanted to share that I've come to accept my changed appearance for what it is. But if you must compliment, I guess I might be able to handle it ;)
13 comments:
Tonya! You are so beautiful!
You do not have bug eyes! You are as beautiful as ever.
I have a thyroid disease too, although I have hypothyroidism and a goiter so I used to get insecure when people asked if I swallowed a frog, or had an Adam's apple. Did they think I hadn't notice my massive neck? But seriously, whatever! I am still here and still healthy and I have a super unique bullfrog neck. I'm over it! I'm with you...hooray for what we do have.
I didn't know that you'd gone through that Julie. Crazy thyroids and yeah for both you and Emily for going through your medical stuff with positive outlooks :)
Honestly, I never even noticed. I knew from you mentioning things on your blog that you had something going on with your thyroid, but I didn't know what. And by the way, if that's your least favorite picture, then you have never had an ugly picture taken!
Okay, I should clarify. Least favorite that I haven't deleted and is in my posession.
I didn't know the thyroid made your eyes any different. I guess I don't pay that much attention :0 You're beautiful!
Weekends and reading blogs just don't go together for me. Just saw this. And I echo everyone else, you are absolutely gorgeous, and your eyes are still an important feature, but your total inner beauty continues to be what always strikes me the most! And that's saying a lot when someone is as outwardly pretty as you are!
Sometimes, pictures just bring out things we don't notice. You're silly and sometimes the camera adds extra pounds. You're beautiful! Keep smiling and I love your eyes.
saw your comment in cjanes forum about the saturday incident... and had to come say that i loved what you said. and now I will think about it... is it worth it to carry this little person in my pocket all day?!
Maybe because I don't know you from a long time ago, but I think your eyes are gorgeous! I got picked on a lot because of my eyes when I was a kid, and I personally do not like mine. If you have a bad day because of your eyes, I would switch mine with yours any time :)
I never noticed anything but how beautiful you have always been inside and out. Thanks, especially, for always loving my kids - even on bad hair days - in the middle of vacation - during a move. :)
I followed your link from CJane.
You have nothing to worry about if this is the worst photo you have of yourself!
I came across a great website recently called www.operationbeautiful.com it encourages us to leave sticky notes for strangers telling them they are beautiful just the way they are. I started posting some around where I live.
If I could magically make one appear on your bathroom mirror I would!
I didn't realize you have Grave's Disease, Tonya! I think you look beautiful and fun! It's sad we never got to know one another on a more personal level... I think we would have had a blast growing up. I think that everyone goes through a stage in their lives where they don't look like they used to and it's a hard revelation. I'm almost 100 lbs. heavier and just recently have learned to just get over it... and like you try to love myself no matter what I look like. Thank you for your blog, and for your post on my blog. I know a lot of people think it's taboo to write anything that shows their lives aren't perfect, but no one's life IS perfect and that's the point of my blog. I really am a happy person, it's just sometimes life boggs me down and writing is my remedy! :)
Your beautiful... and you're a daughter of god! That makes you AMAZING! lol!
Love Nichole
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