I am proud of my friend Jennifer Livingston she was called a bad role model for young girls because of her weight. Jen has taken an email from a viewer, a negative email and flipped it into a positive thing, Jennifer standing up for herself and using this negative moment in her life as a teaching moment has me and a hundred thousand others including the national news shows, and Ellen standing and cheering in her corner. As a person in the public eye you get ridiculed and are often put under a more powerful microscope than the average person, also for some reason people feel the need to point out your flaws. Didn't your mom teach you about those in glass houses? We all have our crosses to bear, our kryptonite if you will that weighs us down. As Jennifer so eloquently put it “to all the children out there who feel lost...who are struggling with weight, the color of your skin, your sexual preference, your disability - even the acne on your face...listen to me right now. Do not let yourself worth be defined by bullies.” Jennifer went on to point out that October in National Anti-Bullying month. I leave you with this be yourself, live life to its fullest, love yourself, and be proud of who you are.
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