As I Am a Role Model
This is a series I will be writing as I try to find a way to get past my self-criticism and love myself 'As I Am'. I hope you'll join me in the challenge. I don't think I called myself 'fat' in front of my kids. (I don't think.) I do remember times when one of them would say something about me being fat. My husband would get angry, I would tell him, "It's ok, they're not being mean, just truthful." I smiled and brushed it off. Inside, it felt like a white-hot dagger. While I may not have called myself fat, I know my attitude and actions said it loud and clear. Not wanting to put on a swimsuit, not doing activities (like volleyball or other sports) because I worried about how I'd look, cringing at myself in the mirror. Yesterday, I read this article, which is a letter from a daughter to her mother. It gripped me and made me cry. It needs to be read. By mothers, sisters, friends, anyone who is a role model to young girls. I...