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What I Can Be

I'm tired of feeling ugly and looking in the mirror I'm tired of seeing who I've become and not even wanting to be near anyone who's half my size, I'm sure they see it, too and I'm tired of feeling lesser because I'm not a size 2. I will never be as skinny as my perfect ballerina friend and I will never be pretty enough to match this beauty trend but I'm tired of feeling ugly and knowing that I could be more I'm tired of being out of shape I'm ready to open a door. God, give me courage to do this for no one other than for me I'm tired of looking in the mirror and seeing what I "can never be" run the race, fit the jeans do a hike, have a baby, and more... Just once, let me defy this depression let me do what I've never done before.

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Jennifer Proxenos

Date: 6/8/2019 12:07:00 PM

The media are at fault mostly for depressing women - the beautiful, the shapely, the sexy, the awesome and so on - ignore them, let us stand up for what and who we are! Hugs Juli, Jennifer.

Michelle Faulkner

Date: 6/6/2019 7:16:00 PM

Great turn on the last line - and I think women are more prone to depression, in part, because society tells them they have to be slim and pretty to have value - and I am a middle-aged, plus sized woman with gray hair, and I like myself more now than when I was a size 8 in my twenties.