Bullies (posted by Angie)

Yes this is a truly awesome thing that is happening and I am so proud of all of you ... Thank you Matt... you are a sweetie and certainly are a wonderful addition to our happy family. Hope you have a great workout and maybe some tips (even for us on the opposing team.. .hehe).

Today Jenny was bullied by a group of girls at school who cornered her and abused her verbally as well as pushed her around a bit. They did the same to her best friend Roman. A few of the things they spewed were about her size as well as mine and John's. It is heartwrenching when you hear that your child has gone through something like that and we have taken a few steps with the school and will watch closely if this happens again the police will be called. Most of all the damage control is with Jenny and I am proud of her and how she reacted. She didn't fight back or call names back... she only said Stop it! She didn't want to tell me at first about the comments on my size that those nasty little girls said but I could guess. So we had a talk about what people look like on the outside and if it means anything about what kind of a person they are .... what does the external say really? If someone were to say "You're fat" to me... I would say " uh huh... astute observation... and your point is? There is no point to that observation. Its something I already know and someones observation of it means nothing to me. How I feel about me is the most important thing. Being fat makes me uncomfortable because I can't move freely and it lessens enjoyment with regard to activity in life. So... I'm working on that and so is Jen. She is doing awesome at trying and is eating salads with me everyday.... no juice boxes just water and lots of fruit and yes Birgie ... SMART POP which is an awesome invention... as well as the rice cakes. So we are working on this external thing for ourselves not because we don't want other silly people to point and laugh at us about our size. Society sure has a ways to go. Maybe we can help it along :) In the meantime Jenny is learning that people don't always act right but she sure is keeping her head about it which is awesome.

Bye for now

Love, Angie