I'm not sure if it's because of recent events around bodies and thinness but it was so refreshing the way Bob spoke of Harriet. The description of her as wearing pain, pride and dignity. Strength. Acknowledgment that she could take a person down. It was never how she looked but instead what her body could do and how it showed what she had been through.

With recent events and ice arrests increasing that has been my number one goal. Becoming strong. If a stranger should decide that I am not worthy, that I'm someone to be targeted or my children. I want the strength to fight back. I want that strength to be seen. Recently though as I've naturally gone up in weight because of my new weightlifting I hadn't realized how much of the current trends have subconsciously entered my thoughts. I've never cared about how I look and only that I'm healthy but suddenly I'm looking at images of me with my kids and thinking, maybe I went up too much? Despite the fact that I'm healthier than ever. What a apt reminder from Bob and Harriet that health and strength are more than a look. That I can even choose to become stronger and have the time to do it is a privilege and we shouldn't let any beauty trends take that from us.