HNT - Pinky and Perky

No, not the cuddly pig puppets of a previous generation but something equally as naughty.

Last week you got my right boob and this time it's the left.

In my teens, I could quite happily (and very frequently would) go around bra-less, often in diaphanous blouses which did nothing to disguise this fact, and I passed 'the pencil test' for many years.

The advent of my anorexia left me with so many body issues that I hid everything away under big, shapeless clothing and the girls very rarely saw the light of day other than for breast feeding purposes.

However, having suckled two kids, the dynamic duo still exhibit a definite perkiness and, since I took the first steps out of the darkness, I've become very proud of them.

OK, so when I lie down these days, it's a bit like the Cold War with them both going for an East/West divide and trying to disappear under my armpits but, hey, you can't have everything at my age!

And, for one so small everywhere else, when I am upright they are still totally boobtastic. Like my bottom, it has taken me over two decades to full appreciate them so I thank my Ruf for helping me to understand and enjoy them properly.


In Trinny and Susannah: The Great British Body last week, there were lots of incredibly brave ladies who removed their bras to show the effects of breast cancer. One lady with a totally flat chest and no nipples from her double mastectomy and the chicken fillets she uses to give her back her shape under a blouse. Another with the scars of her reconstruction after losing one breast to the disease. Both these ladies had come to terms with their loss in their different ways but their sheer joy at still being alive had led them to accept and embrace their physical appearance.

T&S are at pains to help the rest of us to get back in touch with our bodies. To glory in them and not hide them away because of some perceived imperfection.


So, today, let's all love our bosoms!