You say tankini's, I say BIKINI!

This goes out to all those 30-something moms who are still strutting around the pool in bikinis.....

YOU ROCK. Keep on, keeping on.

Our society is so caught up in body image and covering up slight imprecations, that your confidence is applauded.

Whether you have the mommy pouch, muffin tops, wash board abs, too much boobage or not enough....your acceptance of your body is what it's about.

Now, before those who wear tankini's or one pieces start fuming...you are beautiful too. Wearing a swimsuit is hard work, period. Your swim selection comes with more acceptance though. People expect moms to wear tankini's and one pieces. There isn't anything wrong, if it makes you comfortable. Just don't cast evil glares my way while I walk around in my bikini.

We are in this swimsuit season together.

It's hard to be over the age of 30-something, walking around the pool with 3 kids and feeling eyes on you. Some eyes are cast out of jealousy, others surely are staring to poke fun. Your body isn't photoshopped like those in magazines. News flash: Non-photoshopped bodies are what young girls need to see.

If everyone at the pool wore one pieces, we'd be letting computerized, fake stomachs rule our minds and our daughters. 

I promise by being less than perfect in your bikini, you're helping other women believe in their own bodies. Moreso, you're showing young girls that real bodies can be loved too. 

We moved to Hawaii and I felt the insecurities of a bikini. I was quick to get in the water and quick to wrap a towel around me after I was out. Hawaiians don't do that though. They walk around in their bikinis, eat and shop in bikinis. 

Nobody stares. 

Chunky, old, young, toned-abs, muffin tops, cellulite, wrinkles..it's all accepted as normal.

Eventually, I grew to accept my bikini body.

Today, I live back on the mainland. Our first summer was a shock because every mom at the pool had a one piece or tankini on. The slight shame of having a bikini on started to seep in, but I pushed it back. I still walk around every summer in my two piece and will until I'm older.

When I do change, it won't be because  the stares of others. It will be because I feel like it's needed. 

I'm so tired of hearing women with beautiful bodies tell me that they can't wear a bikini because of a flabby tummy. You can, I promise. 

So go put on that bikini.

In turn, together, we'll be tearing down this airbrushed society that companies are poisoning our minds with.