The Gospel of LOVE according to Ed Hardy!
By: Teresa Dunn, Celebrate Vitamins
I Will Always Love You Dolly Rebecca Parton
It has been below normal temperatures in South Florida the last two weeks. Several days it has been less than 30 degrees. I am the one you see wearing sundresses in the middle of winter, so when the temperatures dropped, I had nothing to wear.
How blessed I felt to pick up a Ralph Lauren Sweater dress with black tights that had a pricetag of over 200, and I brought the entire outfit home for 30. TJMaxx is wonderful for things like this, plus sometimes I feel like I am finding hidden treasures in the store as I shop.
When I first moved to South Florida in July of 2006, I was introduced to both TJMaxx and Ed Hardy. I remember spending countless hours in the mall, drooling over the lastest Ed Hardy fashions. I was drawn to the slogan Love Kills Slowly I recall sitting at a Sushi Bar with Susan Maria telling her how someday I would find a pair of Ed Hardy Jeans with that slogan at TJMaxx and when I did they would BE mine!
I seemed to BElieve in the slogan as my own marriage had ended leaving me a bit wounded. The only thing I could see at the time in 2006 was a misty vision that was skewed by lies and pain. There was no LOVE in my marriage, instead there was many fantasies on my end. Fantasies that someday I would wake up and suddenly this would be a fairytale white picket fence marriage. But one day I realized It Aint Happening!
Often I would pick up the Ed Hardy shirts in the mall and touch the rhinestones that embelished the words Love Kills Slowly sometimes even trying them on.
NOW Whats this have to do with the COLD WEATHER in South Florida? As I as shopping for warmer clothes this past weekend at TJMaxx, imagine my surprise as I rounded the end of the isle and there it stood. An entire rack of Ed Hardy jeans. I stood there in awe. Going through the racks I realized rather quickly there were TWO designs, one with a Skull and Roses design on the front thigh, embellished with multi-colored rhinestones. I picked up a pair of those and into my shopping cart they went. The second design, Ed Hardy written in white leather across the rear end of the jeans and a skull with roses painted on the back pocket. Love Kills Slowly written across the front of the jeans.
Those of you who know me, or have followed my journey realize one thing about me, I leave no rhinestone unturned a quote I borrow frequently from Dolly Parton. I love rhinestones, crystals and all things sparkly. So the first design of Ed Hardy Jeans just SCREAMED buy ME!
I took both pair of jeans into the dressing room and as I slid those skinny jeans over my hips, I sort of giggled and snorted like a teenager. Look at me I have lost more than 200 pounds, more than 225 pounds and I kept it off and LOOK AT ME I am wearing Ed Hardy jeans.
Ed Hardy Jeans?
Ed Hardy Jeans?
Ed Hardy Jeans?
I stood there looking in the mirror, as I turned my body and looked at the view of my backside in these jeans. I thought to myself, look at that I am NOT fat anymore. I have on Ed Hardy jeans and they are SKINNY JEANS. Then I turned as the words Love Kills Slowly in rhinestones caught the light and reflected in the mirror.
My eyes became fixed on the mirror and the words sparkling back at me. I said the words slowly and outloud watching my lips as the words crossed them. These jeans fit me perfectly like they were made for me. They looked very good too and enhanced my tiny waist.
Wasnt this what I had asked for? I took one last look in the mirror first at the skull then into my eyes. In my eyes I see nothing but love. Love dwells inside me and flows freely to everyone around me. How could I display the gospel of love according to Ed Hardy on my body?
I would dare say its a lack of LOVE that kills slowly! There was a huge sense of relief that went all over me. I felt as if I were no longer dying. These jeans that I had hoped for, wished for and dreamed of meant nothing. Not only did I not need them, I did NOT want them! They go against everything I BElieve!
When I went back and looked through the racks again, I managed to find a beautiful winter outfit with a gold lotus flower on the shirt, and another casual outfit with Peace and Love written all over it.
Allow love to heal your wounds true and deep!
Peace and Love now thats a world that I dream of~ Imagine!
Love & Light
~~Teresa~~
