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TALES FROM THE BELLY FLAP

I have been curvy since I was an adolescent, I vividly remember the very first time somebody called me fat I was in the 4th grade and it devastated me. It was like they had been waiting the entire year to call me fat. It was like everybody was thinking it but nobody would say it, but once somebody did, It was open season on the duck farm! I got in more trouble that year. I lashed out in all kinds of ways I would fight and I started cursing people out in the 4th grade. When I got to the 5th grade it became a whole new ball game. My mother would threaten me every morning after breakfast by telling me that I had just eaten my last meal if she had leave her job and come up to my school because I was showing my......! The problem wasn’t that I was misbehaving, I just wasn’t really focused. I was being teased a lot for various reasons my weight being the biggest. I became depressed throughout much of my elementary and middle school years with no one to turn to and no one to make me feel lik

The Power of Your Words!!

So I have a question for some parents of curvy young girls. Why are there are still in parents in 2017, that say and do things horrible things to children that they deem "overweight"? Why are these things said to be done out of love, or for their own good? Could it be possible that some adults are really that thick headed? I am sure that some just don't think, or just don't realize how much damage is being done with their words. It is in no way helpful to constantly remind a child of your issues with their weight. They know they are overweight. They woke up like that and saw themselves before you did, I promise! Now please understand that this is not something that every curvy young girl experiences but it is an unfortunate nightmare for some. My goal is to empower young women. So, if even one girl is dealing with something like this, then we should all support them and be a voice for them.A voice to those who don't have the confidence to say that they are hurting