06/12/2026
🚨This is NOT just another bikini picture. 👙
For the first time in seven years, I wore a bathing suit without trying to hide my scar from childbirth. For me, that was a deeply symbolic step. 🫶🏻
My twins came after four years of infertility, IVF, miscarriages, severe preeclampsia, and a 100+ pound weight gain. Then came multiple surgeries, spinal fluid leaking, and a recovery that tested me physically and emotionally.
My kids are now seven, and I have spent far too much time trying to get back to who I was before pregnancy. THAT IS DONE.
Looking backward keeps us from moving forward. If my scar came from a sports injury, I would not try to hide it. So why hide the scar that helped bring my children into this world?
I turn 47 this month. June has always been a month of reflection for me: acknowledgment, acceptance, and forgiveness. Not for others, but for myself. 🪞
Scars, physical and emotional, are proof that we survived. They are not flaws. They are evidence of resilience, growth, and becoming.
And on a separate but connected note, June is Pride Month 🏳️🌈. For me, and for many others, it is a reminder to celebrate what makes us different, special, and unique — not just this month, but all year long.
Only YOU decide who you are. You are in charge of your story, your identity, your healing, and your headline. ❤️🩹
We all have scars. Some visible. Some hidden.
They are not imperfections to erase.
They are part of what makes us whole.
Shout out to some of those that helped get me to this point: Yixiu Zheng (Renaissance Medical by Yixiu Zheng, MD) at Renaissance Medical, TS Fitness (TS FITNESS), Dr. Cendese, Mom (Elisa Celeste Navarra-Treadwell Sr.) and Shauna, my ESP (Emotional Support Person)
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