Guest guest Posted August 28, 2002 Report Share Posted August 28, 2002 Hi April, Yes, this is fun! it is one juicy day! Are you in AZ by any chance? or CA? (I am in OR --originally from AZ). I'd like to gather a collection of stories anyone who wants to share about body images and doing The Work. Maybe I could add a folder on the yahoo site so the collection could not take up too much space on the daily board? Anyone have opinions about that? April, thanks so much for your sharing! Your relationship with drama...so close to mine! I wanted to spur myself along to expose/decompress/deflate my stories about it. Like mom enrolling me in a modeling school at 16 and being horrified to learn what girls did to themselves for a certain image...Like marrying a fashion photographer who insisted I be a model-weight, told me up front he wasn't attracted to me but if he could get me to lose 50 lbs & die my hair blonde--then he might like me; a maternal Aunt who died of bulimia; being so drawn to the scary ballet classes...and wishing I was anorexic, hearing the drama that ballerinas lived. Juicy, juicy. Sister & paternal Aunt who appreciate their terminal illnesses/cancer because they can finally be thin. No wonder I got myself into the battlefield of advertising/marketing!! Sorry, I didn't mean to get into lots of disclosure and will do the Work on these stories soon. Love, Jeanne Reply-To: Loving-what-is Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 14:21:52 -0700 To: <Loving-what-is > Subject: Jeanne... This is fun, isn't it! I would so much like to be a good facilitator with my kids.I am not there yet. Their judgments against themselves are not easy for them to see as " lies " .it is so painful to watch because I think I am reliving my own stuff. Poor babies.well, it will be as it will be. I can work on me, their business is theirs. I am open to listening. Perhaps they will become a happier mirror image when my joy is more apparent. I have one daughter that was bulimic, and a binge purge type.another that has been both and now just binges.. The hard part for both is that they were ballet dancers for many years with a conservatory. They have distorted body images..I am sure I brought some of that along for the ride...They just quit ballet last year. So much was connected to the whole scene. I wonder how many of my issues with them was connected to that whole scene.I don't even want to go there---it is all ok..aha--- My sweet kids.oh well more reparations-- and things will get only better! You know.now that I get some of this.if they can't forgive themselves---perhaps they won't be able to forgive ME! Yikes! I feel a drama coming on..darn... I think I need a crash course.... April Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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