“I will never forget the shame and fear in her eyes as she looked up at me and asked, ‘Am I?’ Those kind brown eyes searched my face for the truth. Kind of chubby… Those words reached down into my body, grabbed my heart with a fierce grip and punched me in the stomach.”
‘You know, short hair, glasses, chubby.’ I was literally jarred. I asked my daughter to repeat what she said.’: Mom ‘angry’ after daughter was called ‘chubby’ by classmate, ‘everyone giggled’
‘My friend said, ‘I’m so tired.’ I asked her, what did you do today? She replied with, ‘Nothing. I did nothing today.’
“I heard about her day. She got up early, made her husband breakfast, made him his lunch, dropped the kids off, rocked the baby to sleep, did the grocery shopping, cooked dinner, bathed the kids, fed the dogs, and when I called, she was folding laundry. I said, ‘Wow you’re right, you did do nothing.'”
‘He’s wearing his work clothes, just like daddy!’ My daughter exclaims each time her little brother wears a button-up shirt.’
“She follows up by saying, ‘But you don’t wear work clothes, because you don’t go to work, mommy.’ I cringed.”
‘It all started when I got on Instagram. I became one of those girls. The Insta famous ones who always look amazing.’
“I had messages constantly telling me how jealous people were of my life. When in fact, I was just like them. Sitting there, reading their messages in my sweatpants. Battling my own demons.”
‘Levi has been begging to wear a dress to school. You can see the pure joy on his face and how beautiful he feels. My heart raced as we took him to school.’
“As I left, I couldn’t help but pray and hope he would have a perfect day. Until I got a phone call.”
‘I found this picture the other day. Life felt incredibly difficult and overwhelming at that time. I was still in my 20’s, trying to survive and make it through each day.’
“I used to care what others thought. But I know now, none of that matters at all.”
‘Please, never comment on my child’s size. Ever.’
“‘She’s so big. How much does she weigh?’ This was a question I was asked today by a little girl’s nanny in my daughter’s summer camp.”
‘If you are not the parent of a heroin addict — you are lucky. Say a prayer and stop judging.’
“I felt his words in the pit of my stomach. ‘Mom, I need help.'”
‘Saying loud enough for everyone in line to hear, ‘Of course she’s paying with food stamps’’
“Every time I buy groceries and enter my debit card into the stupid chip thing I remember when I had to swipe my EBT to feed my family.”
‘What the F*+k?’ He yelled. ‘Make her walk. That’s what is wrong with kids today.’: Father teaches ‘two grown men’ important lesson after they attacked his daughter diagnosed with brain tumor
“When I crossed the street carrying her – she can’t walk without the use of her walker – a man yelled at me from 30 feet away. I got inches from his face, with my daughter in my arms, and quietly asked him if he was referring to my daughter. ‘Hell yes,’ he said.”
