The Beauty Of A Mother's Body: Bella Morris, 5th Period

                   I have always heard that losing a child is different than losing a friend, relative, spouse, etc..  Some say there is a much different feeling and kind of grief that they endure. Ashlee Wells Jackson knows this pain all too well. After losing her daughter, she felt as if it was her bodies fault. After speaking to many different women, most of them feel it is their bodies fault. Often wondering," Was my body not good enough? Did I not do all the duties to take care of my body to be a mother? Is this my punishment?" The feeling of failure "hit her like a ton of bricks." Jackson writes, "I felt like a failure as a women and a mother." After knowing she was in fact, not alone, she started her own project. She launched "The Fourth Trimester Project" with her fellow business partner, Laura Wilson. The point of the project is to photograph and celebrate the honest and realistic of a mother's body.
                  Her project soon launched and was transformed into a photograph book. About 150 participants took were involved with her first book which was released on September 15th. There were around 1,000 women that were photographed in her book. After the book was released, many women wrote Jackson saying that they were no longer ashamed of how they looked or felt. Here are some of the photographs…