Dear Em,
This is the book written by the blogger at Red Bird Crafts. I bet you already looked at it, but just in case, here it is (go look at it!):
http://www.amazon.com/Show-Story-Activities-Childrens-Storytelling/dp/1603429883/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1337263460&sr=8-3
This is what I want to do!!! I want to be this woman! I want to have a "home" studio and write award-winning books in it and charge people $800 a day to learn how to use painted rocks to inspire their children. The only thing that annoyed me was that she kept referring to her "award-winning" book. Enough already.
I had a very deep but unrelated thought this week and just have to share. I have been so tired lately of thinking about food and my weight and whether I need to exercise and whether I should be fatter or thinner or exactly the same size, and whether these pants feel tighter than last time I wore them. I feel, at times, that food and whether or not I should eat it totally consumes my thoughts. Which is SO stupid. I mentally tally up calories and feel guilty - do you do this? - and then eat more snacks anyway. And then vow to do "better" and fail. And have "fat" feeling days and "thin" feeling days, and of course, the "fat" feeling days are miserable. And I'm not fat! It makes me feel like a crazy, self-obsessed, bad person. So, I had this revelation about my body that I have seriously never had before: my body is a gift from God, and my focus needs to be on treating my body like a gift, rather than something to hate or struggle with or obsess over. And when I remember that, all of the obsessing (shouldn't that have four S's?) seems silly. Like a weight (ha ha) lifted off my shoulders. Or my butt (double ha ha). I am going to do the best I can to pamper my body with good food and exercise and TLC and not worry about fitting into my size 2 pants. Who wears size 2 pants, anyway? Crazy, self-obsessed people. Or maybe people with diseases. I can use that extra mental time to pray or solve crimes or invent new vegan recipes or dream up ways to inspire children to want to write.
I have been having these same thoughts/obsessions for years. And it's not worth our time to care about weight or body shape or size. And look at you- you are probably the thinnest person I know! And I am not a big giant cow either. I try to think about feeling good rather than looking skinny. Not having a headache is my main goal and eating well helps that. And I like peanut butter and yogurt with lots of sugar in it and chocolate so darn it I am going to eat it!
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