Guest guest Posted August 17, 2011 Report Share Posted August 17, 2011 PLEASE HELP MY MOMMIE Wednesday, 17 August 2011 I receive correspondence from people of all ages. I received an E-mail from a 15 year-old girl the other day who was truly suffering because she was so overweight. As I read her letter, I was deep in thought. I was thinking, it's gotta be harder being an overweight teenager today than when I was that age. I mean, there's just so much more pressure on kids. Everybody's gotta look like they're ready for Hollywood these days. And here she was about to enter high school, where the pressure to "look good" really gets tough. Well, this young lady was not only writing about her weight. She was writing about her mother's weight, too. As far back as she could remember, her mother was a big lady. She remembers her mother walking her to school and, later, she'd be teased about how fat her mother was by the other students. (That really must have hurt.) Besides those walks to school, this young lady found trips to the mall uncomfortable with her mother, too. She could see other people staring at both of them. She'd always wonder what they must have been thinking while staring at the two of them. So you can see why the shopping experience was so unpleasant for her. This 15 year-old was writing to ask what she could do or say to her mother. How could she possibly convince her mom to do something about her weight? I could really feel for her as I read the letter she'd written. I'll bet she must have been crying as she wrote to me and I just had to write her back right away. I told her that she should sit down with her mother and have a heart-to-heart talk. I told her that while they were having the talk, to hold her mother's hands and look right into her eyes. She had to tell her mother, first of all, how much she loved her. But she also had to say how worried she was about her mother and...herself. Then I suggested she talk her mother into doing a mom-and-daughter buddy program, working together to lose weight. I told her that this talk wasn't going to be easy but losing the weight was something she and her mother both had to do. See, I believe that you can win just about anyone over with your own honesty, loving and caring. Because, chances are, if you don't sit and have this kind of talk with your mother, your father, a grandparent or other loved one, they'll only continue to gain weight. And, as they do, their health will suffer and I know you don't want to see that happen. Do you? Now before I go, let me ask you something. Could this E-mail have come from your daughter? Love, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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