Progress Not Perfection - VII

This one in particular means alot to me. For many many years i have struggled with hating myself. I have always been a bit on the fluffy side and have struggled with it since an early age. Ive been bullied and shamed for it almost my whole life. Even by my own dad because he seen fat as disgusting and laziness. So needless to say my self esteem was crap. Im still on the heavy side but i have found many ways and things about myself to love. So progress not perfection fit perfectly! Another one for me is that as u can guess my dad wasnt the nicest of people. And my childhood sucked alot. They say you parent the way u were raised. And when i had my daughter i struggled with post partum depression really bad but didnt want anyone to know because i felt like i was weak. I didnt realize how much i was like my dad. I never hit my kids but i screamed alot. So now that i have 2 kids i have been working every day to not yell at them. I tried different alternatives and still caught myself yelling from time to time. I wear this one daily because everytime i get frustrated with them i look at it and tell myself i am breaking the cycle. I will not raise my kids like i was raised. My daughter has made the comment more than once that im getting alot better about my tones. I hate that it even began that way but we are going to make a change and my babies are happy and healthy. So again its progress not perfection because my babies deserve to be happy and single parenting is not for the weak of heart!