So Long, Old Friends

I think I got lucky with my breasts. I really like them. Even though I always wished they were as big as my sister's, they have served me quite well. In high school, I was flat-chested. I was recently looking at a photo of myself wearing my senior prom dress. It was turquoise with fluffy sleeves and a fitted bodice that did not really fit my bodice. Let's call it "gappy". This was all fine with me because they did not get in the way of running up and down the field hockey field or around the track, two things I was way more concerned with than boobs during those years. I was too skinny anyway and big boobs would have been weird. However, along with college came the dreaded freshman 15! And, luckily for me, most of that weight went straight to my flat chest . . . and my hips. I definitely filled out my slutty "clubbin' clothes" much better. Right, girls? Anyway, they were cute . . . until post pregnancy and I didn't even torture them with breastfeeding. I knew long before I ever had a child that breastfeeding was not something I could ever do . . . way too sensitive . . . and as much as that was frowned upon by society, and seemingly gasped at in the circle of breastfeeding warriors of 2004, I did not succumb to the pressure and my son is pretty healthy and somewhat normal. Now, ironically,those sensitive parts will no longer be a part of me, but replaced by tattoos instead. Again, ironically, something I always wanted, but not exactly the location I had in mind. Anyway, in the past six years my breasts have changed location, but still fill out a sweater or bathing suit fairly well, as long as the suit has some tough underwire. And although I uttered the idea of getting them lifted at some point, that will no longer be needed as I say 'so long' to these friends this evening. Breasts are like snowflakes, right? I mean, no two (or four) look the same, but they are all beautiful . . . beautiful parts on God's creations. I would much prefer the 40-year-old, drooping ones that God gave me now, but that was not part of his plan. So, I will go along with that plan tomorrow and tonight just remember He is in control.