52 Week Project : Wk 52 - It's A Wrap!

Made it!

52 weeks, 52 snaps of oneself, 52 cringes as I hit publish.

To channel Eddie McGuire... 

and what a year it has been!

From the first week of jumping into Fi's project 

when I took a quick snap in the mirror as I headed out the door to work -

to a year later sitting here on my couch with wet hair and my TWO children.

(Yep, I had a tear typing that.)

Who'd have thought, hey?

Well, I definitely had hoped.

In week 6 , when I posted a pic of my tattoo

- and bared my stomach in the process, kind people were so complimentary.

Praising that flat stomach - the one that I hated.

The flat stomach that meant - nuh - I wasn't 'in the family way' as I wished to be.

And then a few months later - I was.

And I got my growing belly back in front of the camera in week 24 to prove it!

I sure got more than I bargained for at many times through this project.

I learnt 'stuff' about myself and articulated 'stuff' I didn't think I could share publicly.

I'm pretty sure I shared 'stuff' publicly that people wish I hadn't!

In week 9,  I dared to bare all - revealing that I, in fact, have no eyebrows.

In week 11,  I admitted that I still struggle against the scales - daily.

In week 43, I even subjected you to a shot of a heavily pregnant woman (who shall remain nameless) in bathers.

It was very cool to have a bit of a visual pregnancy diary here in this space.

I thank you for indulging me and enduring all those belly shots.

When the going got tough and there was no way my red, sore eyes could face the camera, I improvised.

As I reflect, I can tell the weeks where my self image was a-struggling.

You saw sneaky peek-a-boo pics or shots of my legs, shoes or scalp feature at these times!

Thank you for riding the roller coaster of life ~ via pics ~ for the past 52 weeks.

Thank you Fi for the inspiration and push.

I'll keep my mug off the blog for a while now, hey?!

Shar :-)