You've been reported for nudity

Nudity?!?! I've been reported for nudity?! Please someone explain this to me.

While pregnant with my third baby girl I decided to show my girls how beautiful pregnancy is. I may not have the perfect body, but this imperfect body created two perfect little girls. And now was working on another. I felt beautiful my whole pregnancy, well up to the last week. Do to all the swelling. The girls and I took pictures almost everyday of my Ellie belly and of them with it. I decided to share these pictures and my pregnancy with my friends and family. So many of my loved ones only get contact with me through Facebook. Most of my family lives in California and most of my friends have busy lives, so Facebook is a blessing. 

           After months of pictures  

I get reported for nudity! Look at this picture. Are you looking at it? Do you see any private areas showing? You can't even see my belly button for goodness sakes. My Lila is completely dressed and I'm even wearing two bras. So please tell me why someone would see this picture and think, "this is unacceptable! I must make Facebook aware of this!" Why must someone try to take the joy away from this picture? Why is this person trying to make me feel ashamed of what I look like? Why are they being hateful.?

Well of course after review Facebook decided this was in fact not nudity and dismissed the report. A few days later my girls and I had a dancing around in our underwear day. We do that around here. I want my girls to see me being convident in my body. So what better way than to blast some good music and dance our hearts out. I loved the video so much I took screen shoots of it. They came out amazing. We will be framing them. I was reluctant to post them. But once again I tell my girls to be convident in themselves so I need to practice what I preach. Maybe it would inspire someone to take pride in their body and feel more convident in how they look. 

Six minutes after posting I was reported. Why? Because I was pregnant? Because my babies were in the picture with me? Was it because we were in our underwear? Was it because I don't have the small frame and body that is considered beautiful? 

My heart was crushed. Here I am trying to be a convident woman. Here I am trying to be a example for my girls, my friends and my family. Here I am putting myself out of my comfort zone and someone is trying to tear me down. Someone is harassing me. This person is suppose to be a "friend" of mine. Yet they are hiding behind the Internet trying to hurt me. 

I had so many people try to reason with why this "friend" was doing this. I even had some tell me I was wrong to post what I had posted. "It's your life, but I would never..." This infuriated me!!!! You would never?! So you don't wear bathing suits? Oh, so you don't have pictures of your toddler in their diaper, bathing suit, or a onesie? "Your child is in her panties!"

Just because my two and three year old are potty trained already means they are no longer toddlers? Please!!!! Please explain this concept to me! 

"You are putting your children out there for predators to get!" Excuse me?! Who are you to tell me this? This goes along with saying, "oh did you see how she was dressed? No wonder she was raped." Or "maybe if you covered up a little more, you would be taken more serious." Let me tell you, a predator will seek you out anyways. No matter how you are dressed. Walk down the street down town, some idiot will shout some stupid line at you. 

Why are we making up excuses and defending someone in the wrong? Do you realize what you are saying? You are saying it's not their fault. They couldn't help themselves. You were asking for it. There's so much evil out there you should hide from it. If you don't want anything bad to happen to you or yours, you better walk on egg shells. 

I'm sorry but no. I refuse to raise my girls though fear. I refuse to hide from the evil in the world. I refuse to change because you don't like who I am or how I choose to live my life. I refuse to conform. I refuse to be bullied into something I'm not. I refuse to live absurd social standards. I will not take away the beauty and innocence from my children's childhood. I am not going to force them to grow up. 

So thank you! Thank you for helping me to be more convident. Thank you for inspiring me to make a stand. Thank you. You tried to tear me down and you failed. You actually helped me to grow. You helped build me up. Man that's got to sting.