Curly hair, rosy cheeks, dimpled thighs, chubby feet.
When I look in the mirror, I see flaws. I have wanted to change almost every aspect of my body at some point in my life. Why can’t I have smaller thighs, straighter hair, skinnier features, better teeth?
I grew up with a big booty and a front-tooth gap. I prayed my butt would get smaller and my gap would close. Only one of those prayers were answered (bye bye gap!). The booty remains and probably always will.
I always had the curliest hair in my class and hated it, so I straightened my once-perfect curls away. My Irish cheeks were always blotchy red, so I covered them with full coverage makeup.
I have never loved what I have. In fact, at times, I have hated my features.
But I am sick of it. I am sick of hiding my flaws, of worrying about not being perfect in a perfect society, of hating parts of me that some people don’t even notice. I have straightened my hair and colored my face for all the wrong reasons.
Society has brainwashed us into believing we have to look a certain way. But real life is not the perfection you see on your Instagram feed. Real life is imperfections.
It’s time to love our flaws – every thigh dimple, red cheek, tooth gap, curly hair day and chubby finger. They are what make you, well, you. And it’s time to love you. It's time to love me.
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