tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109556486849297351.post867925669227290424..comments2023-06-25T05:06:09.098-04:00Comments on The Golden Spoons: A Sentence That is Hard For Me to FinishLisa Witherspoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530852104410009597noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109556486849297351.post-85984548716860493932013-11-10T21:12:06.241-05:002013-11-10T21:12:06.241-05:00Pregnancy sure can do some strange things, huh?? :...Pregnancy sure can do some strange things, huh?? :-)Lisa @ The Golden Spoonshttp://www.the-golden-spoons.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109556486849297351.post-69862384334395783062013-11-10T21:11:35.046-05:002013-11-10T21:11:35.046-05:00Thank you so much Katia for your kind words and un...Thank you so much Katia for your kind words and understanding!Lisa @ The Golden Spoonshttp://www.the-golden-spoons.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109556486849297351.post-54174649611991708272013-11-09T21:43:03.989-05:002013-11-09T21:43:03.989-05:00Childhood - and teen years - are tricky enough wit...Childhood - and teen years - are tricky enough without something like this being thrown into the mix. I can't imagine the impact of something like that growing up. But I love that you are trying not to have that experience and feelings transfer to how your daughters see themselves. <br />As for pregnancy curing it - that made me laugh. My second pregnancy cured vision issues for me and I Louisehttp://babygatesdown.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109556486849297351.post-21649967750040756692013-11-09T18:57:02.497-05:002013-11-09T18:57:02.497-05:00Oh, Lisa, bravo for sharing this and for such a br...Oh, Lisa, bravo for sharing this and for such a brave and honest introspection. I remember how in childhood all feelings are almost amplified. We feel everything so much more deeply and acutely. It must have been so hard for you to spend your childhood and so many years after that feeling that way. I haven't suffered from psoriasis but I can identify with the acute self-criticism as I'm KatiaDBEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109556486849297351.post-60483069106439070442013-11-09T09:19:05.930-05:002013-11-09T09:19:05.930-05:00Thank you Rachel! It has been therapeutic for me ...Thank you Rachel! It has been therapeutic for me and I would love to think it could be for others as well.Lisa @ The Golden Spoonshttp://www.the-golden-spoons.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109556486849297351.post-71728608199633945812013-11-09T09:18:20.602-05:002013-11-09T09:18:20.602-05:00Thank you Lizzy! I am sorry you suffered as well,...Thank you Lizzy! I am sorry you suffered as well, and sorry that your partner suffers now. I appreciate your understanding and hope that we can all find relief - physical and emotional - very soon!Lisa @ The Golden Spoonshttp://www.the-golden-spoons.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109556486849297351.post-16151709559581376132013-11-09T05:36:39.784-05:002013-11-09T05:36:39.784-05:00Good for him. And I'm glad the positive respon...Good for him. And I'm glad the positive response here is helping - sometimes that's just the kind of thing which is needed (though that (for me) opens up a whole other can of worms about where I find my validation, but let's just not go there ;) ) and I LOVE when it happens to me and the genuine strength of people's feelings and opinons can be heard in the POSITIVE for me. It'Considerernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109556486849297351.post-5479310576819652742013-11-08T20:48:45.508-05:002013-11-08T20:48:45.508-05:00You are so brave to share your story, Lisa. i'...You are so brave to share your story, Lisa. i'm sure it will be a support to so many other people who had and have psoriasis. And you are brave to make a different sense of self for yourself and for your children! Lovely post.Rachel @TaoOfPoopnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109556486849297351.post-63241515401684439832013-11-08T19:26:01.422-05:002013-11-08T19:26:01.422-05:00Oh Lisa, this post just about broke my heart. I ca...Oh Lisa, this post just about broke my heart. I can relate to everything you wrote, except that I've never had psoriasis, but I did have very ugly acne-ridden ad sun-damaged skin so a long, long time. Although the worst of it is over, I still look in the mirror and see puffy, dark circles under my eyes and yucky hair, etc etc etc. Inside, sometimes I think I will forever feel like a Lizzy Allannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109556486849297351.post-89706578808300028112013-11-08T15:33:41.116-05:002013-11-08T15:33:41.116-05:00I will get there and all the support I am getting ...I will get there and all the support I am getting on this post today is surely helping. My hubby is a very good complimenter and I'm learning to accept them!Lisa @ The Golden Spoonshttp://www.the-golden-spoons.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109556486849297351.post-42259214201125573972013-11-08T15:32:34.607-05:002013-11-08T15:32:34.607-05:00Thanks Chris! I am trying so hard to be careful a...Thanks Chris! I am trying so hard to be careful about the messages I am sending to my daughters - so very hard. I think we do all struggle in some way and I am hoping that writing this and sharing it will be at least a step to getting rid of those thoughts.Lisa @ The Golden Spoonshttp://www.the-golden-spoons.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109556486849297351.post-56376388887483815002013-11-08T15:30:42.228-05:002013-11-08T15:30:42.228-05:00Aw!! Thanks Ashely!! Your words mean so much to ...Aw!! Thanks Ashely!! Your words mean so much to me. You are a fabulous mother yourself - takes on to know one! :-) I'm pretty lucky to have the guy I've got and I so appreciate friends like you!Lisa @ The Golden Spoonshttp://www.the-golden-spoons.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109556486849297351.post-81128457046495421512013-11-08T14:26:35.706-05:002013-11-08T14:26:35.706-05:00A. You are not ugly. At all. Beautiful in fact. Bo...A. You are not ugly. At all. Beautiful in fact. Both inside and out!! B. Sadly it is society and the media that make us think that we could look better, be better, have more. Your kids saying that has nothing to do with how you are as a mother. You are one of the best moms I know. You girls are sweet, generous, kind, thoughtful and beautiful b/c of all the wonderful things that you have done and Ashley Lindernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109556486849297351.post-2916171440303519212013-11-08T13:35:18.147-05:002013-11-08T13:35:18.147-05:00Whoops! Just lost my comment. Let's see if I...Whoops! Just lost my comment. Let's see if I can remember it... First of all, I know you can't help it, but you really are crazy to think of yourself as in any way ugly! You need to be careful about subconsciously passing that message along. I just heard something about that the other day - how kids absorb those feelings more from their mother than from what they hear form kids at Chris HyeThymeCafehttp://hyethymecafe.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109556486849297351.post-73241788669264193682013-11-08T12:42:30.395-05:002013-11-08T12:42:30.395-05:00Much to undo, but it will be undone :) Gradually t...Much to undo, but it will be undone :) Gradually the photographs of you looking beautiful and wearing clothes you chose because you like them (rather than because you needed to wear them to hide) and compliments from your husband which you can accept, and your children's love, will all work their magic, alongside your determination to set a good body-image example. <br /><br /><br /><br />YouConsiderernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109556486849297351.post-90610354734242633162013-11-08T09:11:35.972-05:002013-11-08T09:11:35.972-05:00Thank you Sarah! These sweet comments feel like v...Thank you Sarah! These sweet comments feel like virtual hugs and are greatly appreciated. I don't think acne is all that different - both are very visible conditions and can make a teenager very self-coucious (my older brother was also on medication for acne as a teen). Just goes to show that we all have struggles and we can certainly all be a little nicer to ourselves!Lisa @ The Golden Spoonshttp://www.the-golden-spoons.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109556486849297351.post-70092447430880601642013-11-08T09:08:44.786-05:002013-11-08T09:08:44.786-05:00Thank you for sharing Tanya and I am sorry that yo...Thank you for sharing Tanya and I am sorry that you struggle. I would say to you that your hands are a display of what you overcome everyday and you should be proud of them - but, would that make me a hypocrite again because I don't view my own "scars" that way? We all have struggles and we are all beautiful. Hopefully, we can all find a way to stop hiding and start being proud.Lisa @ The Golden Spoonshttp://www.the-golden-spoons.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109556486849297351.post-69608640941226509952013-11-08T09:05:35.914-05:002013-11-08T09:05:35.914-05:00Thanks Kenya! I agree that it is natural, but I w...Thanks Kenya! I agree that it is natural, but I wish it wasn't! I will keep kicking the memory, I hope. All of these supportive comments are helping more than any of you could know!Lisa @ The Golden Spoonshttp://www.the-golden-spoons.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109556486849297351.post-1441148777104169992013-11-08T09:04:27.931-05:002013-11-08T09:04:27.931-05:00I think we are all hypocrites on some level, aren&...I think we are all hypocrites on some level, aren't we? I look at the pictures you post and think you are beautiful. It would never occur to me that you wouldn't see the same in yourself! As I've said to other commenters, I wish we could ALL the in ourselves the beauty that others see in us.Lisa @ The Golden Spoonshttp://www.the-golden-spoons.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109556486849297351.post-28437038891357136082013-11-08T09:02:31.424-05:002013-11-08T09:02:31.424-05:00Thanks! Why are we so programmed to put ourselves...Thanks! Why are we so programmed to put ourselves down?? We build up everyone around us - friends, children - and then we turn on ourselves. Hopefully, our daughters can break that cycle. I'm trying my best and I know you are, too!Lisa @ The Golden Spoonshttp://www.the-golden-spoons.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109556486849297351.post-89687113249285917332013-11-08T08:59:58.893-05:002013-11-08T08:59:58.893-05:00Thanks you so much! "You are a great mom&quo...Thanks you so much! "You are a great mom" is the best compliment I can ever receive.Lisa @ The Golden Spoonshttp://www.the-golden-spoons.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109556486849297351.post-33626042254546330262013-11-08T08:58:44.963-05:002013-11-08T08:58:44.963-05:00Thank you Lizzi! Although I wish nobody else ever...Thank you Lizzi! Although I wish nobody else ever suffered a similar condition it helps to know there are others who have been there and understand. There is much to undo, indeed!Lisa @ The Golden Spoonshttp://www.the-golden-spoons.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109556486849297351.post-65105846975001037532013-11-08T08:57:22.413-05:002013-11-08T08:57:22.413-05:00Thanks you AnnMarie! Having daughters puts a whol...Thanks you AnnMarie! Having daughters puts a whole new soon on this womanhood thing, doesn't it?Lisa @ The Golden Spoonshttp://www.the-golden-spoons.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109556486849297351.post-53217227577670402302013-11-08T08:56:32.017-05:002013-11-08T08:56:32.017-05:00Thanks Natalie! I suppose we have all had struggl...Thanks Natalie! I suppose we have all had struggles of one kind or another. Someday, maybe we will all stop being so hard on ourselves and learn to see the beauty that others see.Lisa @ The Golden Spoonshttp://www.the-golden-spoons.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109556486849297351.post-55541954842106547282013-11-08T08:55:43.745-05:002013-11-08T08:55:43.745-05:00Oh Lisa, this is so powerful and beautiful and hon...Oh Lisa, this is so powerful and beautiful and honest and vulnerable! I just want to give you a hug. Thank you for sharing this with us.... I love how you've written about it terms of how you view your daughters. I was on medications for acne in my teens (which I realize is way different than psoriasis) but as teenagers we are self-conscious enough as it is without throwing in skin conditionsSarah @ LeftBrainBuddhahttp://leftbrainbuddha.com/noreply@blogger.com