Swimsuit Season

It’s swimsuit season again and the Lands End catalogs are arriving daily and their arrival makes me think of this illustration I did for Atlantic Monthly. Shopping for a swimsuit can be painful and arduous. My best memory of trying on a suit is this: I was shopping with my oldest daughter who was three at the time. When I tried on my swimsuit she looked up at me and said in the sweetest little voice, ” Mommy, you look so beautiful!” Seeing myself through her eyes made me be less critical of how I looked in a swimsuit and I keep that suit to remind myself of that sweet moment.