Shorts

It's amazing the significance some items take on. As though they are an entity in themselves. A t-shirt, old bandana, a broken knick-knack. Simple, ordinary things that have a profound story behind them. Shayla has any number of little, seemingly meaningless items that have a whole history behind them. And today she acquired another.

Thanks to Master's encouragement and a good deal of effort, shayla has been slimming down in a way that is pleasantly shocking to her. There are any number of positive side effects that come with it, not the least of which is the reduction in her wardrobe. With a rare exception or two, none of the clothing shayla came with when she arrived here fit any longer. So she is now in the process of re-building her wardrobe. Oh, it's nice, worth every tear and drop of sweat. However, she's still shaping up. What is fitting her now, in 3 months, likely will be too big on her.

And today it was a pair of jogging shorts. Nothing fancy, simply an ordinary pair of shorts. Only they're size small. A bit on the tight side, as shayla's still improving her figure. Her butt, as well as the rest of her, actually looks good in them. Smalls, amazing. She's forgotten what it's like to be in sizes like that. And more evidence of her changes is apparent all the time. The bone structure in her face and neck, shoulders, her belly. As time goes on shayla recognizes the person in the mirror less and less. The calves that have somehow come to be part of her legs. And yet it's always still herself that looks back.

Have you ever watched a slow transformation through all it's steps? You'll look at something intently, hardly noticing the changes taking place, and from one instant to the next there it is, a great change from what the subject was to what it is now. It's as if she's finding herself all over again, only a much improved herself. As though she is not only going back to what she actually is, but improving what was there. The wonder of it all, to shayla, is that it's always been there within her. It only needed the right environment, a hothouse, so to speak, to allow the changes to take place without interference.

And the great part is, there's still more to come. Beautiful.

shayla