Thirty One

by Ashley Weeks Cart

Today, I celebrated my 31st birthday. It was filled with sunshine and family and dancing and napping and champagne and beignets and laughter.

The stuff of a good good good day.

A year ago, I entered my 30s. In my first year as a thirty something, I made three quilts (1, 2, 3) and witnessed the birth of three beautiful lives (1, 2, 3); my “goals” for this decade promptly checked off my list, and then some. I ran a half marathon. I saved a life. I let life go. A decade ago, I would have been self conscious about dancing around in my bathing suit – but 30 has done strange and wonderful things. Birth, death, perspective, perseverance, endurance, resilience. All at the heart of the start of this decade. And so in my bathing suit I dance, celebrating a body and life of 31 years. I can’t wait to see what else is in store.

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My suit is by the amazing MiracleSuit. The Basic Pant and the Solid Mojito Top in Black, Size 10. Keep an eye out as I’ll be featuring a number of their styles, talking body confidence and swimwear and self-esteem and girl power and WOMEN ROCK in the coming weeks, and you’ll have a chance to win a suit of your own. I will never wear another brand ever ever. And I have so many thoughts and feelings on the topic of women’s swimwear, so stay tuned!