tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217012316587200736.post6624972411484558815..comments2024-03-12T21:24:23.240-04:00Comments on Emily Bryan Romance: Naked Beneath my ClothesEmilyBryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03542349086762747179noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217012316587200736.post-34837180138236302302009-08-08T09:55:00.792-04:002009-08-08T09:55:00.792-04:00It is the curse of human nature to want what we do...It is the curse of human nature to want what we don't have . . . This goes not only for material things, but for bits and pieces of ourselves as well.EmilyBryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03542349086762747179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217012316587200736.post-46487289669194299802009-08-08T09:32:03.637-04:002009-08-08T09:32:03.637-04:00Spectacular blog today, Emily. I've always tho...Spectacular blog today, Emily. I've always thought I had a little too much meant on my bones. And the hell of it is, looking back when I weighed 130 I thought it was too much. Now I'd give my eye teeth to weigh 130. What gives? Are we just never to be happy?<br /><br />I'm inflicting this particular torture on my heroine Roz. I have kept her exact proportions a secret on purpose, because it's such a universal issue, that I want women to identify with her internal struggle, whether they with 130 or 230.<br /><br />Odd thing, just now. I wrote whether they ARE 130 or 230. Like we are what we weigh? Yikes! I had to go back and fix that.<br /><br />AshHot Ash Romance Novelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10633691302884163101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217012316587200736.post-81292667445608907902009-08-08T08:48:49.393-04:002009-08-08T08:48:49.393-04:00Vicarious--We are all miracles with feet. Isn'...Vicarious--We are all miracles with feet. Isn't is wonderful when we finally realize it?<br /><br />Oh, Teddy--I weep with you for your precious lost one. As a mother, I can imagine no more desolate place than a child's grave. <br /><br />But thank you for sharing your deep pain and for giving encouragement to others who may be going through a dark way. I admire your strength of spirit and giving heart. There is always hope. Life is not static. We go on, not forgetting, but finding new joys that are all the sharper for the pain. I'm sending you many cyber-hugs.<br /><br />Truly we are fearfully and wonderfully made.<br /><br />PS. For as long as I can remember, people have felt like telling me the most amazing private things. I don't know why they do, but it always humbles me when people trust me with their hearts.EmilyBryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03542349086762747179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217012316587200736.post-54273773146183375792009-08-07T23:39:54.167-04:002009-08-07T23:39:54.167-04:00You really do share the most wonderful posts Em an...You really do share the most wonderful posts Em and whether you know it or not they come straight from the heart, it's that gift that encourages others to share in return!<br /><br />I really do believe things happen to us to enable us to grow. When my baby girl died I didn't think life would ever be worth living again. I have 'inside' issues of failing as a mother and a woman but the strength I gained from my tragedy & the blessings & support I received and still do from people who don't even know me has shaped me into the person I am today. Now when I feel like it's all too hard or I'm having health issues or problems with my teenage boys or I'm overwhelmed with grief over my mother's death, I look at how far I've come and tell myself "see, you can do it." There will always be down days but I never thought I'd get to a point where I could honestly say I gained more than I lost with my daughter's death.<br /><br />Gawd now I'm analysing, thinking wow where did that come from, what'd you say all that for, TMI, delete it, delete it. All your fault Em lol, I'd better hit publish before I change my mind.<br />Inside or outside issues, they can certainly open a can of worms LOLTeddyreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09553244883194436385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217012316587200736.post-54991857740016957862009-08-07T21:26:49.676-04:002009-08-07T21:26:49.676-04:00What a beautiful post.
I have large breasts that ...What a beautiful post.<br /><br />I have large breasts that I have often had a, well, hate-hate relationship with. I'm tiny (5 ft. & 100 lbs), and for whatever reason, those are the last place I lose weight and the first place I gain it. Very aggravating and not great on my back either.<br /><br />I'm so glad that some good came out of your cancer scare and you've come to love your body more. It reminds me that I should be more in awe of what my body has done, including giving birth to my amazing kid and giving me the ability to live, learn and love. Pretty freaking amazing.<br /><br />Thank you for this post.Judithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16354890444410748967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217012316587200736.post-23222824275074524272009-08-07T16:19:24.428-04:002009-08-07T16:19:24.428-04:00Chance--How about silly enough? That seems sort of...Chance--How about silly enough? That seems sort of positive to me. ;)EmilyBryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03542349086762747179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217012316587200736.post-12734781978190858402009-08-07T14:53:43.979-04:002009-08-07T14:53:43.979-04:00Great blog, Emily. So much that I swam ashore from...Great blog, Emily. So much that I swam ashore from the Revenge where I'm the bloggee today ta comment.<br /><br />Body image is such a quagmire. Sometimes I gots it, sometimes I don't. So much depends on where I am on any given day.<br /><br />The 'enoughs' that Jane speaks of? One of those words I'd like to see wiped off the face of the earth. Nothing positive from that word, ever! Tall enough? Thin enough? Good enough? Loud enough? Polite enough? Enough with enough!<br /><br />MaureenMaureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01517092592545660754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217012316587200736.post-73662061175068590892009-08-07T14:50:04.042-04:002009-08-07T14:50:04.042-04:00Heather--Thanks for sharing that powerful song and...Heather--Thanks for sharing that powerful song and for giving my blog a shout out on yours!<br /><br />Jane--I think those inside issues are the really hard ones. Thanks for being brave enough to share yours. <br /><br />Keep fighting the good fight, girl. You are definitely good enough!EmilyBryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03542349086762747179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217012316587200736.post-75327131426194987412009-08-07T14:42:20.960-04:002009-08-07T14:42:20.960-04:00Hi Emily! I do't have the issue with how I loo...Hi Emily! I do't have the issue with how I look, I really don't after all this is the way the good Lord created me, there is not much I can do with it! LOL! But mine does come within, mine is, I feel like I am never good enough, YUP! comes from a mother that NEVER said I did anything good! Thats another blog. But I try to do good in everything I do and everyone I meet. I just want to be good enough for someone. At the end of the day I want someone to say "Hey good job today!" <br />I really think this reflects in my writing, if someone critiques it and says its crap I just smile and say"OK, I will do better now!" So I think it is definately a naked part of me I like to keep covered.Jane Lnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217012316587200736.post-70579320478560952892009-08-07T12:49:01.199-04:002009-08-07T12:49:01.199-04:00Emily, I just got home from running some errands a...Emily, I just got home from running some errands and while in the car I heard this song that brought your post to mind. I just put the YouTube recording up on my blog of Fight Like A Girl by Bombshell. If you would like to take a listen head over to heathersreadingromance.blogspot.comHeather Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00632528059311088701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217012316587200736.post-6001597294336527802009-08-07T10:50:05.215-04:002009-08-07T10:50:05.215-04:00A pen name can be liberating. It's a thin shie...A pen name can be liberating. It's a thin shield, but it may be just what you need to let the real you shine through your stories!EmilyBryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03542349086762747179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217012316587200736.post-49878130563702179352009-08-07T10:06:20.486-04:002009-08-07T10:06:20.486-04:00Emily,
What a lovely post and what a great remind...Emily,<br /><br />What a lovely post and what a great reminder. Yes, there are some things that we can change but more often than not, we let them get to us and bring us down. When what we should be doing is just being the best person we can be and working with what we have.<br /><br />My issue isn't necessarily body image but more with not being as strong as I would like. I avoid confrontation at all costs. Even the little things, the minor stuff that gets to us day after day after day.<br /><br /> I also see it in my writing...I worry about what others will think when they read it and have I gone too far or not far enough? To help with that I have finally chosen a "pen name" and I hope that will allow me to write and to write from the heart.<br /><br />Barb writing as Elle J RossiSisters-in-Synchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05604043398648797517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217012316587200736.post-32564486374765904572009-08-07T09:57:42.378-04:002009-08-07T09:57:42.378-04:00LOL in a way its nice to know that the pendulum sw...LOL in a way its nice to know that the pendulum swings both ways. None of my friends ever complained about it.Heather Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00632528059311088701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217012316587200736.post-46539721643711973372009-08-07T09:55:22.397-04:002009-08-07T09:55:22.397-04:00Your daughter is lucky to have you!
But unfortuna...Your daughter is lucky to have you!<br /><br />But unfortunately, the boob pendulum swings both ways. (LOL! Now there's a picture!) When I bloomed early, I was so envious of my friend's flat chests. It was very uncomfortable having a child's heart in a rapidly maturing body.EmilyBryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03542349086762747179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217012316587200736.post-39576197915043321502009-08-07T09:37:00.692-04:002009-08-07T09:37:00.692-04:00Oh geez I had several issues about my body that al...Oh geez I had several issues about my body that always made me feel bad and created a very low self esteem. It didn't help having 5 older brothers, who would constantly pick on me about my "flaws". Then add those horrible little boys and the mean girls in school. I was very tall, at least in the 5th grade, and I was a string bean. I was constantly called Jolly Green Giant and Granddaddy long legs. I wasn't comfortable with my height or how thin I was until I was about 14 (I was 5'7 then, now 5'9) when my mom put me in modeling. I still had other issues. I have small boobs... almost microscopic. lol I can crack jokes now, but back then it was horrible to stand next to other girls because I had the chest of a boy. If it weren't for being overweight I have no doubt I would still have not chest. I have overcome my insecurities about little boobs. I figure I wasn't meant to have them. Now I just beat myself up over being over weight...which is definitely something I can remedy if I would just eat breakfast and exercise. <br />My daughter is now dealing with the same issue of being smaller than everyone else. She is constantly "Thanking" me for those genes. I keep telling her that they they aren't important and she has so many other outstanding assets. I hope it helps her out. At least she doesn't have an older brother adding to the hurt of being granted less than most. (my step brothers still give me crap about it) I spend extra on her bras to help give her a boost to her self esteem... hubby hates it, but that is one area I won't give in on.Heather Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00632528059311088701noreply@blogger.com