Task for Day 2

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Time for Day 2 Task!

This one is a little more challenging then yesterday's...

...but it is more rewarding.

Here are the steps:

1. Get a piece of paper and fold it in half.
2. Label one side UGLY and the other side BEAUTY
3. Start writing down reasons you think your ugly/beautiful.
4. Include qualities, habits, and anything at all!

I do not want you to share them with me. I want you to recognize them. Once you do, you'll be able to fix the ugly side and start loving yourself.

Tomorrow, I will post mine. That way, you will see you are not alone.

Keep the love and Find Yourself Beautiful.
-Ashlee

Who am I?

You probably sat there and read my first blogs saying, "well who is this chick to tell me how I should feel?!" Well everyone, let me use this blog to introduce myself.

• My name is Ashlee (Bossi) Graziano. I am a mother of two beautiful children, with number three in the making. I have a husband who serves this country in the military. I am unemployed, so yes, I am a stay-at-home-mommy. I work 24/7/365. I have a passion for math, which gives me the title of super nerd.
• I was not very popular in school. To be frank, I was a bitch. I had zero self-esteem. I may have been physically appealing... but my attitude and personality made me look like a gremlin. It took a long time for me to realize that.
• I got married to my first husband incredibly young. I was only 19. Then the first of many miracles happened... I got pregnant with my gorgeous son. Fast-forward two years, I am divorced from my husband. He was emotionally abusive. Nothing I did was right. Nothing I said was right. Not even how I looked was right. He tried changing me for the worse, and I ran. (Don't ever settle for anything less than what you deserve/expect)
• Divorced at 21... that was rough. I hated myself more than anything. I wasn't strong enough to keep my marriage together. I didn't even think I was pretty enough to date again. Especially with stretch marks and a c-section scar. But... I was so wrong.
• I met my current husband about 2 years after my separation from my first. Now this man... ladies find one like him because he treated me like a queen. Everyday it is "YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL", "YOU MAKE ME HAPPY", and a few others that shouldn't be publish ;). Shortly after, we accidentally created my second miracle, our pretty princess (aka our daughter). One year later, we got  married and are currently living our happily ever after.

How did I go from self-hating to loving myself? I TOOK CARE OF ME FIRST! But wait, this should make me a bad mommy... Putting myself before my kids. Nope. Not even a little... If you can't stay strong and feel amazing, unable to care and love yourself... HOW CAN YOU TAKE CARE OF YOUR LITTLE'S?! If you are a woman reading this, do you want your daughter to hate herself? If you are a man reading this, do you want your son to lack self-esteem? How can you teach your children to be strong and loving if you cannot show them how?

Now do you see the reason I wanted to start this blog?! I hope so. Everyone should be living their fairy tale. You can't though, if you don't believe you deserve it.

There is more to my story and I am positive more will come out in future blogs. I am sure 99.9% of you can relate with my story. Feel free to ask questions or comment your own advice! Stay tuned for the task of Day 2!

Keep the love and Find Yourself Beautiful.
-Ashlee

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Task for Day 1

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Crap... It's the homework...
P.S. It's graded... just kidding

LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND SAY

"I LOVE YOU AND YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL!"

Do this as many times as you need to... preferably until you are laughing so hard at yourself you can't breathe.

Keep the love and Find Yourself Beautiful!

-Ashlee

Why Hello There, Beautiful ;)

How many of us have scrolled down our Facebook feed and seen posts from women (and men!) that have showed their self-hatred? I know I have. It makes me sad that beautiful people cannot see their own beauty. There are many sources to blame. Let's not focus on who or what is at fault, let's focus on the solution. Each day I will give my readers one task. JUST ONE... calm down. The task will be in a separate blog. So stay posted and feel beautiful. LET'S MAKE THIS WORLD BEAUTIFUL AGAIN.

My first post is going to be on the definition of beauty.

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A bunch of gibberish right?! Let's break it down, barney style.

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder." - Margaret Hungerford

So beauty is defined as a combination of qualities (looks, personality, something, anything) that is pleasing. Pleasing to whom? It doesn't say! There isn't one this in that long, drawn out definition that says YOU ARE NOT THE BEHOLDER. So let it be you. How can you expect anyone else to see you as beautiful, when you do not?