Caterry's gift to me came with the statement ... "I hope this doesn't make you mad or hurt your feelings" .... Oh-OH! What sort of gift would do that?
Well the magnet she gave me had the little prayer "LORD, IF I CAN'T BE SKINNY, PLEASE LET MY FRIENDS BE FAT!"
Okay ... well ... 'tis true that I can't be skinny .... so I hung the magnet on my refrigerator .... shrugged my shoulders ... and went on. Caterry, by the way, is very tall (my height) and skinny, although she thinks herself to be overweight.
But the magnet caught my eye the other day ... and I got to thinking about my friends. Okay so most of my skin friends are overweight. La is not (NO, Really!! You are NOT) and Diana is not (and she eats!!) and Caroline looks great, and Sueann is skinny .... but all my other female friends and my spouse, and myself, and some of my friend's spouses are overweight. I'm sure our Drs classify some of us as "obese" ... some of us as "morbidly obese". So .... thanks for the magnet, Caterry ... it seems to speak true.
Then I thought about the women I met online .... on a Diet/Weightloss website, no less. They varied as much as my skin friends .... from Skinny ((Gilly .... Sweeney .... Caterry ...)) to morbidly obese ... ((that would be me and anyone bigger than me)) and all weights and sizes in between.
Do I like any of these women more or less because of their SIZE? Absolutely NOT. In fact, one of the most beautiful women I know has no idea how beautiful she is. She is overweight. Her hair is brown/black going to grey. She wears little, if any, make-up. Life has thrown her many, many sadnesses. Yet her laugh is a melody. Her smile, sunlight. her advice, wise. Her kindnesses many. And she really doesn't consider herself beautiful .... which is probably one of the most beautiful things about her!
I wonder what she thinks when she sees pictures of herself.
So .... Lord .... if I can't be skinny .... please let my friends be REAL.
It isn't about weight. It should never be about weight.
5 comments:
It's true!!!! I'm not FAT I'm love.
BTW fat is not a crime.
Didja notice that almost all of my friends are larger than me. It's not cuz I wish it on them. It's cuz them little skinny goils on TV are a MINORITY! and they are barfing and not eating...blek!
I love that saying. It's called humor. I don't think your friend meant anything mean by it. You seem to have a real chip on your shoulder. Lighten up and try to have a sense of humor and you might enjoy life more.
Hmmmmm .... I see the coward is back .... and hiding behind an Anonymizer .... got the IP address anonymized and the Location anonymized and all that other stuff ... and yet ... and yet .... I recognize typing as one who once was a friend.
You guys must really miss me ... I see all of you have managed to adjust your IP addresses ... but your auras linger regardless.
Ms? I would suggest you see a head doctor. You really do seem to be suffering from paranoia of some kind. I am one who has never met you...yet..I do feel that I know you. I have no idea what you are talking about most of the time... but the paranoia comes shining through. I can most assuredly tell you that I am not anyone you seem to think that I am. I don't think that you would even know who I am if I told you.
You claim to have forgiven...yet you continue to point out the supposed wrong doings of those that you claim...most probably imagined....wronged you.
If anyone posts other than positive in your blog they are bad, evil, sinister ones. Why do you have a public blog if you do not want strangers coming in and posting to you?
PCY
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