Submission #2: Finding Confidence Through Healing

This is an original Instagram post from 2020, which would be a year after an accident I was in. Though I still have my days where I have low confidence, I am able to remind myself that I am perfect in His eyes no matter what I see in a photo or the mirror. I am so thankful for the recovery I have made and continue to make each year! God truly is good! I hope my words may encourage you.



I have never really been a "selfie" kind of person. So, this is a big step for me. I love making memories with family, friends, and of different places I go, so that's when I can do pictures.


Self confidence, among other things, is something I have always struggled with and since about a year ago... it has plummeted to a new low. With already trying, and not always succeeding, to find my "good side" for pictures, my injury has made that feel like there is no "good side" •I am SO thankful for my friends and family supporting me and praying for me as I continue to heal. But, even with all the positive talk, occasional make-up, and reassurance that healing is a process... I break down. I don't break down often, because I take pride in staying positive and looking at the brighter side of things, but it still happens.


So, this post of me is hopefully the push I need to start becoming "okay" with my new look.


And some may not even see the scar, or may say, "what is she talking about" (which is great!) but, my injury is ALL I see in my pictures. And I need to start being OK with it. God truly is good and I know He protected myself, my girls, my bus driver, and the other driver that day! It is a testimony of faith in itself and I'm thankful to be able to tell it!”

By Meagan