A Different Fit + Next Week’s Gospel Reflection

What a bathing suit revealed about my heart, followed by NEXT Sunday’s Gospel reflection and discussion questions

Note From Me: A Different Fit

Dan bought me a bathing suit.

Bold move, honestly. But he knows me well. He found one just like a favorite I used to have, a simple white one-piece. It was thoughtful. Sweet, even.

But when I put it on, it didn’t fit right. It tugged in places it shouldn’t. I felt uncomfortable, and worse than that, I felt disappointed. Not in the suit. In myself.

Dan, ever practical, just ordered the next size. Problem solved, right?

Except… not really.

Because it’s not about the suit. It’s about coming to terms with the idea that my body is different now. Not worse. OK maybe worse. But not wrong. Just… changed, in age-appropriate ways. I’m grateful to be healthy and strong, and yet somehow, a tiny number on a tag seems to be shouting at me louder than it should.

I know better. I really do. But knowing better and living better are not the same thing.