tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4839901864916285975.post4024849007929359984..comments2024-01-05T10:39:32.026-08:00Comments on Stephanie Snowe: The Blog!: In which I write about how fat and sad and broken I am. Again.Stephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10413516850782368606noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4839901864916285975.post-33722537284986218742014-03-09T00:56:58.106-08:002014-03-09T00:56:58.106-08:00I just read Glennon Doyle Melton's book, Carry...I just read Glennon Doyle Melton's book, Carry on Warrior. I think you would enjoy it and give you new ideas. I have been following your blog and have wanted to tell you that I love the picture of your family and that you are so pretty. Thanks for your post.Carherinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4839901864916285975.post-32591265001540676632014-03-07T03:22:49.153-08:002014-03-07T03:22:49.153-08:00I hear about that a lot! People lose a ton of weig...I hear about that a lot! People lose a ton of weight and are still miserable (like the cartoon)... Thankfully I don't hate myself, I just need to lose weight. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4839901864916285975.post-56958794859886263712014-03-04T12:06:27.855-08:002014-03-04T12:06:27.855-08:00Anonymous, kudos to you for being an asshole on th...Anonymous, kudos to you for being an asshole on the internet. And using the name "anonymous" to do it. Wow, brave. Are you proud of yourself? dawnabonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4839901864916285975.post-26534702292937492532014-03-04T06:36:43.724-08:002014-03-04T06:36:43.724-08:00While I agree you should not hate yourself...you s...While I agree you should not hate yourself...you still need to lose weight. Being overweight is terrible for your health. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4839901864916285975.post-69436577719209018982014-03-04T03:20:03.387-08:002014-03-04T03:20:03.387-08:00I think we're all a bit broken. I had lunch wi...I think we're all a bit broken. I had lunch with three of my sorority sisters this weekend and I love all of them. Such strong, capable, amazing women. I sat there and thought, "Wow. They all three have great jobs. They work hard. They're beautiful. Very capable moms/step-moms. I wish as I was as strong and as beautiful as them." And, at some point, the weight issue came up. And the kid talk came up. And turns out they have insecurities, too. So, yeah, we're all a bit screwed up.<br /><br />I love you, hon. Whenever I see you post on Facebook, or I'm here on your blog and I see that header picture of you and your family, I think, "Wow. Such a beautiful, strong woman WHO WRITES!!!!! I'm so proud to be her friend." :)Coal Miner's Granddaughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14320077738770745217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4839901864916285975.post-2075559688498353682014-03-04T03:02:28.075-08:002014-03-04T03:02:28.075-08:00Meredith makes a good point.
Now, lets see.. I...Meredith makes a good point.<br /><br />Now, lets see.. I've been reading your blog for I dont' know how long. Seems like your kids were not even in jr high yet? Can it be that long? Well anyway...I hear you. You are being heard and you are not alone. <--seriously sometimes I wish someone would say that to me. <br /><br />Every 5 minutes or so, I let a cuss word slip in front of my preschool-baby aged kids. I think, jeez I'm a horrible parent. God is going to strike me down for that... and it's not all the years that I have gone to church, but a few blog posts of yours that help me knock some sense into myself. God MADE me. Like he made you. Sometimes, we do bad things, but he forgives us. The sarcasm, the cussing, the judging of ourselves and others. He's right there with us when we fight those internal fights. When we see the injustice rampant in this world and the need to lash out consumes us. You made me see that I can still be a good parent, and even a good Christian. 30+ years of church didn't do that.<br /><br />So I'm here to tell you that YOU are a child of God. That you are loved. Every snarky, sarcastic, good-hearted, best momma on the block pound of you. That you make a difference. That you count. That something you do or say means something to someone else. Because it does. Your AHA moments (thanks Oprah for that catch phrase) that you take the time to write and put out there for the rest of us really do make a difference.<br /><br />They would make a difference if you weighed 600 lbs or 100 lbs. Because it's you and not the weight that counts. It's your message, your thoughts, your soul that really matters. The rest is just packaging. What good is a pretty package if what's inside is dull and boring? <br /><br />so be a package wrapped with kraft paper and string. a little beaten up and abused. with some dirt marks from falling. because it might sound cliche as heck, but it IS what is inside that really counts. I know you pass that onto your kids. So look in the mirror and think: I might not be bright and shiny, but I'm changing the world. It matters to other people, and they don't care what I look like. Then flip the mirror off and go watch Teen Mom and hug your dog. We readers? We love you just the way you are.Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04474928571871603804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4839901864916285975.post-7392237238802436912014-03-03T20:48:50.960-08:002014-03-03T20:48:50.960-08:00As usual, I feel like you walked inside my head an...As usual, I feel like you walked inside my head and wrote down my own feelings. Tomorrow, (or in 10 minutes really), I'll be 43 years old and I still hate myself. Do you think we'll ever love ourselves? I like to think so. I do hope so.CPA Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04061480718263842210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4839901864916285975.post-50479257896338307792014-03-03T15:21:31.798-08:002014-03-03T15:21:31.798-08:00Next time, go up to that girl and tell her. Say &...Next time, go up to that girl and tell her. Say "I'm sorry for staying, but i was admiring your..... I hate feeling like I'm being judged when i catch people looking at me, and i don't want you to feel the same way." Perhaps if we all did more of that, it would be easier to see that, inside, we're all the same insecure little girls who want to desperately to fit in. meredithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4839901864916285975.post-35921268023371259932014-03-03T14:09:18.681-08:002014-03-03T14:09:18.681-08:00AMEN. And as usual, you wrote exactly the way I f...AMEN. And as usual, you wrote exactly the way I feel. And I want you to know, this did make me feel better. I hope it made you feel better too.Jana Holdeman Frerichsnoreply@blogger.com