Only a true friend would have the nerve to tell you.....

"Look how small your ass is, you've lost a bunch of weight!"

Yes, believe it or not, my friend Julie stopped by my house today and that's exactly what she said to me!

As good as it was to hear her tell me I looked like I had lost weight, it was a little unnerving to think about just how big my ass had initially looked.

Being that your ass is on the back of your body, it's not something you get to look at regularly. You can't just look down and say "Oh My God! Look how big my butt is getting!" You have to rely on friends and family to remind you, "Hey, Sherri, have you looked at your backside in the mirror lately?"

I can only imagine what people had thought of my pregnant self. I couldn't help but laugh a little last weekend when I saw Thomas's teacher at Wal Mart. Having never seen me when I wasn't pregnant, she couldn't believe her eyes when she did see me for the first time after the baby.

"You look fantastic! How's the baby? I can't believe how different you look!" Had I morphed into some kind of hideous creature during pregnancy? I was beginning to wonder.

The fact that I KNOW I was huge at the end of my pregnancy is no help. Just my baby belly resting on my lap while I was sitting should have clued me in.

But it's still good to have someone acknowledge you no longer resemble a beached whale.