Why I partnered with Aerie

I was 135 pounds before I was pregnant with Julianna. At the end of my pregnancy, I weighed 200 pounds. 200 POUNDS!!! Four years later and currently in the third trimester of my pregnancy, I am almost at 200 pounds, again. I am sure THANKFUL that my body is able to do whatever it needs to do to grow a tiny human being inside of me, but even though there have been days where I have felt like crap, people still remind me that I am glowing.

When Aerie reached out to me about becoming an ambassador for the “Aerie Real Campaign”, I was SOOOO excited as I learned more about what it was all about. “Embracing your curves, no-retouching, no facetune.” Aerie’s mission is to simply be yourself. I couldn’t say no!! Their mission is to empower every type of women, whether you are a mom, a young woman, pregnant, a student, married, single… your background does not matter. You fall under their target customer, no matter what. How beautiful is it to know that brands like these exist? That embrace you for WHO YOU ARE.

Through all the stages that my body has been through, I will embrace and hug myself every step of the way. I need to remind myself that the baby fat won’t slide right off. I need to remind myself that I will not feel my best after having a baby, but that I must be gentle to myself, appreciate myself, and love myself every step of the way. I am creating life and everything in it has its own process.

I hope you join me in embracing your curves and love yourself for who you are.