tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940553413759896971.post6125086115540452272..comments2023-07-16T20:57:58.379+12:00Comments on Great Fun etc: Getting Over MyselfSimoneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09554122579485306611noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940553413759896971.post-73655348412799514922011-01-01T22:59:47.020+13:002011-01-01T22:59:47.020+13:00This is such a great post! I wish I would have go...This is such a great post! I wish I would have gotten over myself when my kids were young -- I missed too much, and even if I was there, I'm not in the picture!<br />~AmandaAmanda Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11734403350649651877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940553413759896971.post-91155554808292894922010-09-01T10:30:46.742+12:002010-09-01T10:30:46.742+12:00Definitely food for thought ... thanks Simone, I&#...Definitely food for thought ... thanks Simone, I'll endevour to hand over the camera a little more often too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940553413759896971.post-4765361793181734112010-08-16T22:44:36.632+12:002010-08-16T22:44:36.632+12:00How wonderful that you came to this realization be...How wonderful that you came to this realization before it was too late. That is exactly how my mom felt and why I don't have many pictures of her. Love that you thought of your kids above your insecurities.Karen & Gerardhttp://www.zemeks.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940553413759896971.post-37928064747787395412010-08-08T04:45:23.361+12:002010-08-08T04:45:23.361+12:00Lovely post, Simoney, and a lovely lady too! I'...Lovely post, Simoney, and a lovely lady too! I'm afraid that's exactly how too many of us mommies feel! I know I'm guilty of staying out of the pictures! Thanks for the inspiration to just get over it and get into it! Visiting you from Blog Connect. So glad to have you in our community of blogging buddies!Mandyhttp://www.justgimmecoffee.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940553413759896971.post-90363327871880476082010-08-07T20:03:40.146+12:002010-08-07T20:03:40.146+12:00Awesome post Simone! Such good thoughts - and bea...Awesome post Simone! Such good thoughts - and beautiful pics.PaisleyJadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05497053121360068116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940553413759896971.post-46867381795299694472010-08-07T09:11:56.014+12:002010-08-07T09:11:56.014+12:00Wonderful! I KNOW a lot of moms struggle with the...Wonderful! I KNOW a lot of moms struggle with the same thing, me included. I got my butt in a suit and on a tube and floated down a creek with my kids last week and it was FUN! They didnt care that my stuff was jiggly. They just wanted to have fun with their mom. Good for you and thank you for the encouragement! :)Shrine Readershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15165130092401528140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940553413759896971.post-8208438264541688692010-08-07T09:06:50.954+12:002010-08-07T09:06:50.954+12:00Aww, I love this post, I'm quite young but I&#...Aww, I love this post, I'm quite young but I'm so camera shy, just because of this post I vow to be in more family pictures :)Gemmahttp://traveldiaries.co/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940553413759896971.post-475675622447389782010-07-29T05:03:22.954+12:002010-07-29T05:03:22.954+12:00I really LOVE this post. Back in October, I wrote ...I really LOVE this post. Back in October, I wrote something with the same sort of theme - a friend and I were at the beach and her daughter and my son kept asking for us to come swimming. She refused...I had an epiphany - what am I going to remember more frolicking in the water with my son or sitting on the beach. am not completely over myself, but working on it!Holly Lefevrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01682463489134875301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940553413759896971.post-57773887470804971472010-07-26T11:57:23.232+12:002010-07-26T11:57:23.232+12:00This is my first visit here and I am thinking.. wo...This is my first visit here and I am thinking.. wow, she just described me!!! Great post!!<br />Nice to meet you.Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03817566692333650469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940553413759896971.post-30166781725931053202010-07-26T11:27:06.144+12:002010-07-26T11:27:06.144+12:00Your last line cracked me up! I've learned tha...Your last line cracked me up! I've learned that my boys don't care what I look like, but they certainly care if they can't go swimming b/c mama doesn't feel like putting a bathing suit on!Shellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811697675090627618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940553413759896971.post-65864364952440005422010-07-24T19:21:59.983+12:002010-07-24T19:21:59.983+12:00I am sooo with you on this one!
I too have though...I am sooo with you on this one! <br />I too have thought that is a "gift" to be able to leave your children with photos of you with them. <br />Whenever I think..."ughhh I look hideous in that photo, I mean, look at my hair" I have to remind myself, my kids gets to see my fluffy out of control hair every day...that is me to them! (just because I may have a different picture of myself in my head...and she is 10 years younger! whoops!)Meekshttp://www.jugglingmotherhood.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940553413759896971.post-75343334349988013252010-07-23T09:00:13.058+12:002010-07-23T09:00:13.058+12:00Wow, I needed to read that. I've been struggli...Wow, I needed to read that. I've been struggling with the EXACT same issues lately. Thanks for sharing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940553413759896971.post-74583553137061121002010-07-22T16:35:39.156+12:002010-07-22T16:35:39.156+12:00Self assurance is the greatest gift we give oursel...Self assurance is the greatest gift we give ourselves. <br />You've conquered a demon that torments many women - including me as I age. About every decade I have a photograph taken that shows me the worst of how I look to the outside world and it sickens me. So I'm back to the drawing board taking all the steps to accept my appearance - again. I started this when I was in therapy as a teenager! I'm back to the exercises (mental, that is). Your post helps.Sharon Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00888969860359917900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940553413759896971.post-12005854365979558472010-07-22T15:44:17.454+12:002010-07-22T15:44:17.454+12:00Great Post! I know I need to work on that too.
Bea...Great Post! I know I need to work on that too.<br />Beautiul pictures! You know your kids don't see a big butt or flabby arms or belly they just see a beautiful women they love and adore. Come to think of it I don't see that either, just a beautiful woman. Many times WE are the only ones that see our flaws. :)<br />We may regret many things but we will NEVER regret spending time with our children. :)Tylainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14211476019559402950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940553413759896971.post-65869360373178880002010-07-21T22:50:02.213+12:002010-07-21T22:50:02.213+12:00So SO true! I am right there. All our family vacat...So SO true! I am right there. All our family vacation pictures are minus mom. Where is she? Behind the camera. Hiding. I once thought the same thing after I attended a wake of a young woman with two kids. The family had put tons of pictures of her and her kids all over the funeral home. So nice but made me think as you did. What if? There would be no pictures of me with my kids. Such an awful sad thought. It did make me a little better about pictures but still not good enough. Your post hopefully has once woken me up to this fact again. Time to get the camera out!Dalia - Gen X Momhttp://www.generationxmomblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940553413759896971.post-82005456270505365042010-07-21T17:47:45.470+12:002010-07-21T17:47:45.470+12:00Brilliant post Simone, I have lived much of my lif...Brilliant post Simone, I have lived much of my life in fear and not joined in but am trying, trying now to go for it a bit more. Thanks for the encouragement xxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940553413759896971.post-39500603141540509272010-07-21T15:35:47.258+12:002010-07-21T15:35:47.258+12:00You look 'sexy az' in the photo you took o...You look 'sexy az' in the photo you took of yourself in the mirror!!!! You know even when you're slim there are still the whispers in your head about flabby thighs, jelly butt, cellulite, ... and I could go on (and on)so the one conclusion I draw is that no matter what shape we are, we are never happy or contented! What a shame. What a waste of worry. As you so wizely say - everyone else is actually not looking at us anyway - they're preoccupied with themselves too!!!!!!!!!! heheheheFionahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15269481698198533546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940553413759896971.post-35833986328691585372010-07-21T11:56:21.019+12:002010-07-21T11:56:21.019+12:00Great post Simoney xGreat post Simoney xKathy Monknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940553413759896971.post-21922746969610981502010-07-21T11:56:16.477+12:002010-07-21T11:56:16.477+12:00yup love it love it love it....as always
so true S...yup love it love it love it....as always<br />so true Simoney<br />I was right there with you a couple years ago<br />the thing is kids don't care what you look like<br />they just care that you are there!<br />love and light and good for you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940553413759896971.post-2410053472089434032010-07-21T00:39:47.807+12:002010-07-21T00:39:47.807+12:00Oh that is BRILLIANT!! What a great post Simoney!
...Oh that is BRILLIANT!! What a great post Simoney!<br />Good on you for not letting anything hold you back from joining in on the fun times with your kids. And such great times it sounds like you had as well - YAY!! XBrigittehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05754289203371896906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940553413759896971.post-64015320100960813522010-07-20T22:06:06.850+12:002010-07-20T22:06:06.850+12:00Nice to hear that you accept yourself the way you ...Nice to hear that you accept yourself the way you are now...it's just great, and it looks like you had a lot of fun with your family over in Australia. And you do look GREAT!!!<br /><br />I think life would be easier for me too if I could stop worrying about how I look....but mostly it's ED talking I think. But I'm working on it^^<br /><br />xoxoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940553413759896971.post-16810705598283780492010-07-20T17:50:35.901+12:002010-07-20T17:50:35.901+12:00I have got to say Simone I really think you are go...I have got to say Simone I really think you are gorgeous. You have the most incredible face structure! These pics are beautiful. This post a fab reminder to us that it is better to be having fun with our kids than to stand back because of social constructs. Plus we teach our children so much about self image when we can truly be happy to be ourselves and have adventures, despite our curves. Love this post!Wezahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14429946787452596029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940553413759896971.post-47452221687781484882010-07-20T16:21:07.187+12:002010-07-20T16:21:07.187+12:00Fab post Simoney - very true! You look very happy ...Fab post Simoney - very true! You look very happy and beautiful and relaxed in all these pics. Some great memories made - with you in them!Gailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06338253666992441869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940553413759896971.post-75977199911356123552010-07-20T14:42:27.943+12:002010-07-20T14:42:27.943+12:00Good on you, you look gorgeous in those pics with ...Good on you, you look gorgeous in those pics with your family! PS I am a new follower of your blog and love your posts!Melissa@Vidastylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01430496539750471406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940553413759896971.post-73404832299160340972010-07-20T14:31:42.925+12:002010-07-20T14:31:42.925+12:00Yah! You look so positive, radiant and glowing in ...Yah! You look so positive, radiant and glowing in all these photographs and what an amazing holiday of precious family time you all had.<br /><br />I all too often forget to include myself in photos and have thought the same thing as you in the past, 'What if something happened to me?!'<br /><br />We've sat and watched video clips of the children when they were babies and they've asked, 'Where are you Mummy?' - cripes! Even when I tell them I was filming, they don't really 'get' it - they want to 'SEE' me.<br /><br />Now my older children are able to handle a camera I am letting them 'rip' with it a lot more and it's fun to see the pictures they take. I don't always like the way I look in them - but I know they don't see the 'faults' that I do and they love me whatever.<br /><br />I love the way you are sharing your holiday memories with such positive reflections.<br /><br />All the best, Sarah xCatching the Magichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02439612318034698506noreply@blogger.com