Springtime Inspiration

It’s time to say goodbye to the snow and “HELLO!” to the sun, SPRING is officially here. And I know for most this has been the longest winter ever so here is some inspiration from Simply Be to get you craving flowers, pastels and all things springtime.

featuring Simply Be's Peplum Dress in Pink

featuring Simply Be’s Peplum Dress in Pink

Springtime inspiration featuring Simply Be's Long Sleeve Floral Print Jumpsuit

Springtime inspiration featuring Simply Be’s Long Sleeve Floral Print Jumpsuit

“It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart.” 
― Rainer Maria Rilke

By the way if you have not entered yet Simply Be is having a Pin to Win contest going on right NOW! Contest ends this Thursday April 4th- so hurry there’s still time to be one of 6 winners. Here are the details:

SImply Be's Spring Pin

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Dear Media: don't feel bad that I love my body

Reblogged from Aya de Leon:

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Dear Media,

Please don’t feel like a failure.  It’s not you, it’s me.

Despite all of your hard work over the years, I still can’t seem to kick the habit of loving my body.  I know I’m supposed to feel bad about myself because I’m kind of fat and out of shape, with the soft floppy tummy of a middle-aged woman who had a baby. 

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Loved the honesty behind this post written by Aya de Leon so much I had to share it with you. It's about loving and truly embracing YOUrself regardless of what the media and world throws at you.

ELEVATE ME

♫♪ ”Monday, Monday so good to me. Monday morning it was all I hoped it would be” ♪♫

And that’s what  3 years of high school chorus and an obsession with music will get you. The feeling that every single moment should be a musical one and I’m not talking  Glee or Smash, I’m talking an old school-intro-kickballchain-chorus-tapsolo-bigfinale-jazzhands kinda musical.

But again, I digress. It’s the start of the week…

HAPPY MONDAY!  here’s some  visual inspiration to get you through

And now ….

a little music to get your week going

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HOMAGE TO MY HIPS by Lucille Clifton

 

these hips are big hips.
they need space to
move around in.
they don’t fit into little
petty places. these hips
are free hips.
they don’t like to be held back.
these hips have never been enslaved,
they go where they want to go
they do what they want to do.
these hips are mighty hips.
these hips are magic hips.
i have known them
to put a spell on a man and
spin him like a top