Young girl asks her mum what is on her leg, and now they are having a lumpie party

 

Allison Kimmey knows what's important in life. 

 

She is a mother who knows that her actions and words have a profound impact on her children; what we say and do shapes them. 

 

So when her daughter asked what was on her legs, she knew that this was another opportunity to both educate and help her daughter understand how our bodies work the best she could. 

 

Cambelle politely asked her mum what the bumps on her legs were, perplexed as to how her mum got them. 

 

 

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Allison asked her daughter what she thought they were before giving a quick answer, with the tot replying: "It looks like cute little lumpies."

 

The mum-of-two agreed, laughing with her youngster, they were lumpies, but also told Cambelle: "It's actually called cellulite and it's just the way that some of my fat likes to get together in little groups under my skin."

 

Cambelle was stunned to hear this, thinking that all the groups were getting together to have a party - a lumpies party. 

 

Many would view the sentiment as just another regular conversation between a mother and daughter, however, the significance of what Allison shared with her daughter is outstanding. 

 

 

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Allison explains: "It matters how we talk about our bodies around our children. We are constantly shaping their beliefs."

 

"I have had cellulite present on my thighs since I was about eight-years-old. And it plagued me because everything I believed about it was that it was a terrible thing to have."

 

"I did not wear shorts or go without a cover up for 15 years. And as my body love journey took shape a few years ago, my cellulite was still one of the hardest things for me to embrace."

 

While Allison doesn't know if her daughter will have to embrace the same amount of cellulite as she had to, she knows that the odds suggest her little girl will, at some stage in her life, have to comprehend cellulite. 

 

 

I was standing in the kitchen and she said "What's that on your legs mama?" "What are you talking about babe?" "These little bumps" "What do you think they are?" "It looks like cute little lumpies" "Haha, yes my little lumpies! It's actually called cellulite and it's just the way that some of my fat likes to get together in little groups under my skin" "Oh! Like they're having a party?" "Yes! Exactly!" "A little lumpies party" "Yah! It's cellu- LIT" _______ It matters how we talk about our bodies around our children. We are constantly shaping their beliefs. I have had cellulite present on my thighs since I was about 8 years old. And it plagued me because everything I believed about it was that it was a terrible thing to have. I did not wear shorts or go without a cover up for 15 years. And as my body love journey took shape a few years ago, my cellulite was still one of the hardest things for me to embrace. I don't know if she'll have the same amount of cellulite as I do, odds are she will have some since more than 90% of women have it! I do know, however, that no matter how much or little she has, she can see that it is not bad, that it will never define her or determine what she can wear. Shout out to all my girls with cellu- LIT lumpie parties going on...give me a if you're rocking yours! Just do you babes! Xoxo Allie 

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"I do know, however, that no matter how much or little she has, she can see that it is not bad, that it will never define her or determine what she can wear."

 

Because this mother-daughter duo are celebrating their lumpies in all their glory - and we have to admit, we're very in tune with their idea. 

 

The female body is a wonderful thing, you got to love it!