"You're fat! "
"I Need to diet. :( "
"I am too short "
"My skin is too dark "
I believe the twenty first century is a blessed era to live in ,with technology and all we now no longer have to carry water up a hill ,hand washing our laundry is almost becoming an ancient practice and of course with electricity we now have non stop entertainment over the internet ,some of us can go ranting to random strangers on the internet; as I am clearly an example. This wind of technology and development carried along the heavily chemicalized and surgically enhanced cosmetic industry.
Just like another girl in the big bright city of Nairobi I am caught up in this mess, Me of all people; I was raised in a small town outside Nairobi where they taught us in school as long as we showered we were beautiful.I have used cooking fat occasionally in my childhood.In addition I didn't Use body lotion until I was in my second year in high-school. Look at me now, my tabledresser has five dIfferent lotions but I honestly can't recall feeling as good as that little girl I once was with heavily cracked skin and dry to the point of bleeding lips running around the shamba hiding from the English teacher. I was free then, I didn't have to take time to prepare to leave the house, I just wore anything comfortable and decent and I left the house. May the good Lord bless my upbringing. Those were the blessed years when everyone seemed to see past you're body,you just had to show up and exchange goofy smiles with my bandit friends and make memories doing all sorts of mischief and there will be no evidence in the form of photos to haunt your naughty self ever again .
Before all this perfect size adverts in the media and selfie madness no one asked about Your weight or skin color. I am fully aware of the skinny and all about the base wars and I don't want none of that, I just want to reminisce and take you to the point of appreciate every inch of you. The person you were before instagram.
So what if they don't like you skinny nigga with no abs, you have an amazing brain. a lady with curves trying to make them edges but why don't you like you? A lady with no curves or with curves, what's the big deal.
Our bodies are in constant motion our colors are changing our weight is up and down everytime, why don't we learn to appreciate what we have in every stage of our life ?
After all we were once flawless babies and our bodies are evolving to wrinkled grannies
Let's celebrate ourselves everyday!
