The Dreaded Comparison Game

“Mommy?” (says three year old Faith).   “Yes, Faith.” (says excited Mommy who loves hearing life through the eyes of her daughter). “I wish my hair was beautiful like Ariel’s.” “AHHHHHHHHHHHH!” (screams Mommy with a Macaulay Culkin like scream now resonating through our home). Just kidding.  I didn’t scream.  But I wanted to!  I couldn’t …

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My Butt is Too Big

I am pretty confident that if the women in my family had a mantra, this would be it:  “My butt is too big.”  To this I say, “really, you think so?” because apparently the rest of world now thinks butts need to be bigger.  Oh no, wait.  Let me clarify.  If you have a flat …

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An Insecure Daughter

Yup!  This is me at 13 years  old.  Who knew?  Who knew that this beautiful, young, innocent 13 year old girl thought she was fat and immeasurably imperfect.  I cannot emphasize enough how sad it makes me to look back at this photo and think about how much I hated looking in the mirror.  I …

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