Comments on Stephanie Snowe: The Blog!: Nobody said it would be easy to be here.

I have to agree with AndreaAnna, because I too was...

2009-11-27T14:44:42.930-08:00

I have to agree with AndreaAnna, because I too was that girl and now, I am awesome!

Childhood/middle school/high school is such a hard time to get through. But Girl Child will do it. She'll be fine.

And I'll bet there are a lot of girls who will be jealous that she has glasses and they don't!

yay! I LOVED Middle School. Over here in India, i...

2009-11-25T10:49:27.523-08:00

yay! I LOVED Middle School. Over here in India, it's one long thing.. I mean, 12 years of continuous schooling (if you don't change schools in b/w) and I changed schools thrice but I had a lot of fun everywhere!

Um, I had glasses since the fifth grade. Nobody made fun of my glasses (they're too common here)
but EVERYONE made fun of my pigtails! Um, braids. Well, your daughter has REALLY pretty hair.. so don't worry, I don't think she'll be made fun of. :D

I'm not sure if I have ever left a comment her...

2009-11-23T12:29:22.675-08:00

I'm not sure if I have ever left a comment here or not but I've been reading for quite some time. I wanted to say I hated jr high too...it was awful. It seems so funny that all the kids want glasses these days, so tell your girl that and see if it makes her feel better. I know what it's like to not fit in and it's no fun!

Contacts???

Awww. I hated school for the very reason that peop...

2009-11-23T11:03:38.204-08:00

Awww. I hated school for the very reason that people are just mean!

But you know what, it's OK. Because don't you think that suffering made you a better woman and mother? And your daughter will too. If she is picked on...she'll become stronger in the end. It hurts, but she too will learn to deal with pain and losing. It's one of the negative lessons we have to learn among all the positives.

I've just started following your blog and love the laughs!

I remember, too, those hard middle school times. P...

2009-11-22T17:41:10.249-08:00

I remember, too, those hard middle school times.
Peace to you and the girl child.

Anonymous (above) was me... I was signed out of Bl...

2009-11-22T15:32:30.061-08:00

Anonymous (above) was me... I was signed out of Blogger.

My nieces, age 12, 10, and 8 go to a school where ...

2009-11-22T15:30:24.503-08:00

My nieces, age 12, 10, and 8 go to a school where all the kids think glasses are cool. Both the 12-year old and the 8-year old recently got glasses, and they are actually showing them off!
The 10-year old is actually jealous, because she hasn't had to get them! The 12-year old was wearing fake glasses (clear lenses) before she got her real ones, because she wanted to look cool.
Maybe this phenomenon will migrate to where you live.

If she needs glasses, she does. After a couple of ...

2009-11-22T12:43:09.000-08:00

If she needs glasses, she does. After a couple of weeks, no one worries about it anymore. Lots of cool people have glasses. Think of someone that would be impressive to them and tell her that. You could also get contacts instead, or tell her to tell them that they are stupid and stupid can't be fixed, but she could have surgery on her eyes. Sorry momma.

I am sooooooooooo COMPLETELY right with you. I ...

2009-11-22T12:30:52.364-08:00

I am sooooooooooo COMPLETELY right with you. I soo incredibly hated 6th grade.. I just felt odd. I hated my glasses.. and the pimples. oh UGH!!. ( sigh.. those haven't left me..).. I digress.
Anyway, my son is now 6th.. and like his mother.. has glasses.. and pimples. I REALLY hate it for him. Even though we are homeschooling, we are involved in 2 separate homeschool coops and many activities in our large church.
I have seen that whole middle school attitude way too much around some other kids and that whole age.. ICK.. some kids can really just be mean.
I love following your blog. I wish we would have had more time in school together to get to know each other better ( versus just my Sr year )and could have kept more in touch. I feel we have much in common.
anyway.. you/your kids aren't alone. :-)

GC is so beautiful and because her mom knows from ...

2009-11-22T11:21:07.460-08:00

GC is so beautiful and because her mom knows from ugly glasses she will get the cutest glasses available for purchase with Momma's new raise...I bet she will look adorable

I've worn glasses since grade 3...and we moved...

2009-11-22T10:12:55.784-08:00

I've worn glasses since grade 3...and we moved to a different city going into grade 7. I went from a fairly popular kid without a weight problem to a fat kid with almost no friends. I HATED jr. high. Hated it. But I survived and it made me stronger and more willing to look past a person's exterior. I'm likely a better person over all but it doesn't stop me from wanting to go back and kick some fashion sense into that kid. And take away her cookies.

Having said that? I watch my odd little 7 year old (and I say odd not because I think he's odd but because he just doesn't fit in with the rest of the kids at school and likely never will) and it breaks my heart. He's 7. He's going to struggle socially in school for a long, long time. I hate it. I cry about it sometimes. And even though it'll make him a better person, I still wish I could fix it for him. It is hard being a mom.

I've always encouraged my kids to be different...

2009-11-22T08:37:42.556-08:00

I've always encouraged my kids to be different, do be themselves and you know what? If someone picks on them because they stand out for their choices? So what. Those people who are being mean are just jealous.

There's no reason for kids to be mean to other kids but I know it happens, and boy are kids ever mean.

I hope your daughter picks out the coolest glasses she can find, ones that reflect her personality, ones that are just totally rad. And I hope she wears them proud - cause you know she's special and she should flaunt it. Everyone else is just jealous.

I teach 6-12 grade and I wear glasses because I am...

2009-11-22T08:11:48.162-08:00

I teach 6-12 grade and I wear glasses because I am still (at 28) afraid to touch my eyeball to put in contacts.

A few weeks ago a student approached me and said, "Miss, we have all been discussing this and everyone agrees that you look much prettier without glasses. It is time for them to go."

And I agree about jr high. When I was in 7th grade a girl came up to me and said, "Has anyone ever told you that you look like Jennifer from Family Ties, but much uglier?" Yeah, I still remember that like it was yesterday

Both of my stepkids have had to wear glasses (olde...

2009-11-22T06:35:30.230-08:00

Both of my stepkids have had to wear glasses (oldest got contacts at 16). My stepdaughter loves her glasses. They are very stylish frames she picked out herself. She thinks it's cool to be unique and I'm so thankful that she has this attitude. There are always cruel kids in school. Learning to ignore and rise above them is part of growing up, and it will make girl child into a strong woman like her mom.

My sweet, loving, funny, and slightly overweight 6...

2009-11-22T06:32:34.303-08:00

My sweet, loving, funny, and slightly overweight 6th grader is right there too. All that I know to do, other than cry when he's not looking, is to remind him that I love him, that it will get better, and that those turds who chase him around and laugh at his man boobs don't matter. And that, should he choose to push one of those turds into the wall, I've got his back.

I was that girl, too. And now I'm awesome. :...

2009-11-22T06:14:07.514-08:00

I was that girl, too.

And now I'm awesome.

:)

Glasses now aren't nearly as big of a deal as they were then - they have such cute frames and things no - they're considered fashionable.

She's going to grow up and take over the world, you'll see.

Because she had a momma who reminded her that mean people suck. :)

Aww hon. Are contacts an option? I got contacts wh...

2009-11-21T22:56:14.512-08:00

Aww hon. Are contacts an option? I got contacts when I was in 8th grade. She'll be beautiful regardless. I had pretty much the same middle experience you did (except I didn't have my initials on my glasses). It sucked royally!

I remember the gold initials--my best friend had t...

2009-11-21T20:41:24.548-08:00

I remember the gold initials--my best friend had them on her glasses round about that time. I remember when she got them, the teacher gave us a lecture about not making fun of her and she was serious

Poor kid--I hope you can find some pretty cool glasses for her.

Awww, poor thing. I don't know if this means a...

2009-11-21T20:28:27.586-08:00

Awww, poor thing. I don't know if this means anything but when I was her age I always wanted glasses, for me glasses were just another way to accessorize. I desperately wanted some cute, chic glasses to make me look smart. Even today I still am a little ticked off that I have perfect vision and don't even need reading glasses, they're just so darn cute.

Amen sister! Now that I have a kid in jr. high (w...

2009-11-21T20:18:36.654-08:00

Amen sister! Now that I have a kid in jr. high (we don't have middle schools here), I've come to realize that that time just usually sucks ass and is really hard. I also had coke bottle glasses, but had mine back in 1976, when they were actually made of real glass. I had red curly hair and needed braces bad. She'll be OK, she really will. It's just part of the fabric that makes us all unique. You've raised her to be strong, and in the end, she will win. Ever notice how all the cool, mean kids never amounted to much after jr/high school?

LMAO - initials in gold!!!!! HA HA HA!!! OK, sor...

2009-11-21T19:36:56.256-08:00

LMAO - initials in gold!!!!! HA HA HA!!! OK, sorry, I have worn glasses since the 3rd grade so I can laugh at that... but seriously for a moment here - there are some really cool glasses out there these days. I bet she'll look fantastic in them! I hope no one teases her - because I also know what that is like & it royally sucks! I'll say a pray for her tonight!