Women Who Need Encouragement -- Read and Share This

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  • Very nice! Thanks for sharing!:smile:
  • So awesome! Thanks for sharing! LOVE IT!
  • ESapone
    ESapone Posts: 24 Member
    LOVE THIS!! thanks for the encouragement :)
  • That is the best thing I have read in a long time. I so agree. Thank you for posting.
  • dawn_eichert
    dawn_eichert Posts: 487 Member
    Thank you so much for sharing....I needed to see this today :happy:
  • Thanks for sharing. Definitely encouraging.
  • HollyAus
    HollyAus Posts: 241 Member
    That is awesome! Kinda made me tear up. I have changed a lot in other ways and my friends just don't get it either.
  • ChevyChick88
    ChevyChick88 Posts: 356 Member
    Amazing job and super cute!!!! Thank you for sharing this!
  • RunMyOregonBunsOff
    RunMyOregonBunsOff Posts: 862 Member
    Beautiful!
  • Rogiefreida
    Rogiefreida Posts: 567 Member
    Love this! Thanks for sharing!
  • benthamsa
    benthamsa Posts: 2 Member
    Nice!
  • VirtuousVal
    VirtuousVal Posts: 138 Member
    ....but please give credit where credit is due. I wrote this in the shower at the YMCA several months ago and it has helped me stay focused when the times got tough. Basically, this came after a family member and confidant whom I had hoped I could lean on accused me of "changing" and being "obsessed." Really this is my response to her demanding question "Why???"

    I want to run and not jiggle
    Wear a slinky dress and not wiggle.
    I want to see light between my thighs
    And buy boots in normal calf size.
    I want to dance and have fun
    And not be "Right there - the fat one!"
    I want to still  be rockin' skinny jeans
    When my kids are in their teens.
    I want to be fearless when I'm nude 
    And have a charming, sunny attitude.
    I want to go on a cruise and lie on the beach
    And fly on a plane without buying two seats.
    I want to turn heads when I walk in the room
    To my husband, be the sun and the moon. 
    I want a healthy, happy, long life 
    And be a better mother, best friend and wife.

    melbatoast917 aka Jackie Anne Wilson

    Thanks melbatoast1917 for sharing your Creative, Funny and Lovely Poem that you wrote! It is so adorable!

    Bump this to save for later!
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  • that's cute, i love it
  • lmbigsby
    lmbigsby Posts: 36
    Thank you so much, you hit the nail on the head with this and with your reason for writing. I had put my family (husband and children) first for so long I didn't even know who I was. Now that my kids are grown I want to find me. I started at 208 and am down to 174 and would love t see what 135 feels like. For now, being a size 12 is the smallest I have been since my freshman year of high school...I am 40 years old. Time for me.
  • melbatoast917
    melbatoast917 Posts: 370 Member
    That is the best thing I have read in a long time. I so agree. Thank you for posting.

    I hope it helps!
  • melbatoast917
    melbatoast917 Posts: 370 Member
    Thank you so much, you hit the nail on the head with this and with your reason for writing. I had put my family (husband and children) first for so long I didn't even know who I was. Now that my kids are grown I want to find me. I started at 208 and am down to 174 and would love t see what 135 feels like. For now, being a size 12 is the smallest I have been since my freshman year of high school...I am 40 years old. Time for me.

    Totally understand. Great progress so far! Keep it up!
  • KechiaG
    KechiaG Posts: 55
    FANTASTICLY WELL SAID!!! Thank you for sharing! :drinker:
  • dlyeates
    dlyeates Posts: 875 Member
    Sooo true!!! Beautifully written!!
  • NorthwestPA
    NorthwestPA Posts: 63 Member
    Thank you for sharing
  • sunny_smile5
    sunny_smile5 Posts: 91 Member
    Love it! Thanks for sharing!
  • sandygaylegunn
    sandygaylegunn Posts: 87 Member
    You are very talented. Thanks for sharing!
  • AngelRobbie
    AngelRobbie Posts: 153 Member
    bump, for later..
  • melbatoast917
    melbatoast917 Posts: 370 Member
    You are very talented. Thanks for sharing!

    Thank you!
  • melbatoast917
    melbatoast917 Posts: 370 Member
    bump, for later..

    Thanks
  • ckyte1
    ckyte1 Posts: 34 Member
    This came at the right time for me! Thank you for sharing =)
  • melbatoast917
    melbatoast917 Posts: 370 Member
    This came at the right time for me! Thank you for sharing =)

    I'm glad it was of help!
  • Carolina_Skys
    Carolina_Skys Posts: 21 Member
    Awesome!:smile: , nothing else needs to be said. Thank you!
  • mrssim
    mrssim Posts: 43 Member
    Well said!! I'm going to hang onto this for sure the next time I need a reminder of what all this hard work is for :) Thanks for sharing it
  • Shara126
    Shara126 Posts: 144 Member
    Awesome!!! LOL
  • melbatoast917
    melbatoast917 Posts: 370 Member
    Awesome!:smile: , nothing else needs to be said. Thank you!

    Thank you!