Children are so innocent, and filters are completely absent. My 5 and 3 year old little girls have been on a kick lately of saying, "Mommy, you have a baby in your belly!" They laugh hysterically after they say it. There are a few pregnant preschool parents, so I guess that's where this is stemming from. Cutting me would hurt less.
A little boy at their preschool cornered me last year. He said, "You're really fat. My dad used to be really fat. Now he's not fat, but you really are." Thank God my little girl didn't hear him. There have been other preschool children who very innocently have asked if I had a baby in my belly. Now my own children....that's icing on the cake. I hold my breath when I drop them off or pick them up from preschool...knowing that at any moment a child could say, "hey, why are you so fat?!?!"
My 5 year old doesn't want me to have the weight loss surgery. She asks me all the time why I want to be skinny. She says, "Aunt Candi is happy like she is, why aren't you happy like you are." She says she loves me like I am, and she's not sure she'll recognize me if I'm not fat. She asks if my hair will stay brown, if it will be straight or curly, if I will still get pimples on my face after I lose weight. She's something else, that one.
~18 Days Pre-Lapband~
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I got my boobs fixed because one morning Grace asked me why they were looking at the sink and I was only 28 at the time but was on the road to being Nana and Granny Grace. That's not the same as what you're going through, but what I'm saying is that kids have a way of punching us in the face with their honesty and, yes, sometimes it would hurt less to be cut. You kick ass skinny or not skinny in my book. I'm just saying.
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Hi, we don't know each other but I read and follow Candance's blog. I found yours thru hers. I hope you don't mind but I just became a follower of yours too. You are in my prayers and I can't wait to follow you thru this journey. My step father just had lap band. He's a totally different person now, inside AND outside. Good luck to you. You are a beautiful woman.
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