Comments on: Spread the Word http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2006/07/17/spread-the-word/ the writing life with extra crunchy bits Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:50:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: FRITZ http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2006/07/17/spread-the-word/comment-page-1/#comment-1249 FRITZ Tue, 25 Jul 2006 11:43:00 +0000 http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/?p=329#comment-1249 what wonders our bodies do. <br/><br/>it amazes me how cruel women are to bodies. myself, included.<br/><br/>we are the receptive part of all things sexual. we take a lot and keep on going. we are passive in labor. we have no ultimate determination in delivering. many times, doctors ignore us when we say something isn't right. women. we've got it tough. <br/><br/>at first, i get scared when i see these photos. what a sacrifice we make for children. it's not just vanity, it's something else. something timid and girlish and innocent. when we grow these stretch marks and deal with excessive skin, we are ultimately marked--MOTHER. there's no going back, is there?<br/><br/>and then, there are the children. what a testament to our strength. what an unbelievable witnessing. <br/><br/>i'll rub my belly today, and bless you and all the other mothers. what wonders our bodies do.

it amazes me how cruel women are to bodies. myself, included.

we are the receptive part of all things sexual. we take a lot and keep on going. we are passive in labor. we have no ultimate determination in delivering. many times, doctors ignore us when we say something isn’t right. women. we’ve got it tough.

at first, i get scared when i see these photos. what a sacrifice we make for children. it’s not just vanity, it’s something else. something timid and girlish and innocent. when we grow these stretch marks and deal with excessive skin, we are ultimately marked–MOTHER. there’s no going back, is there?

and then, there are the children. what a testament to our strength. what an unbelievable witnessing.

i’ll rub my belly today, and bless you and all the other mothers.

]]> By: shara http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2006/07/17/spread-the-word/comment-page-1/#comment-1233 shara Thu, 20 Jul 2006 22:24:00 +0000 http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/?p=329#comment-1233 Some women are just blessed or cursed with more natural beauty than others. And some women seem to come through the amazing changes of motherhood with much less damage than others do. Sometimes I envy them and wonder what it must be like to be them, but for the most part I'm comforted by the knowledge (and now the images) of regular women, like me, tempered by time and nature and (sigh) gravity. Some women are just blessed or cursed with more natural beauty than others. And some women seem to come through the amazing changes of motherhood with much less damage than others do. Sometimes I envy them and wonder what it must be like to be them, but for the most part I’m comforted by the knowledge (and now the images) of regular women, like me, tempered by time and nature and (sigh) gravity.

]]> By: Excellent Walker http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2006/07/17/spread-the-word/comment-page-1/#comment-1232 Excellent Walker Thu, 20 Jul 2006 14:14:00 +0000 http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/?p=329#comment-1232 I really wish one of those Hollywood mothers who flaunt their taut bellies in magazines would 'fess up and admit that they had a tummy tuck directly following their C-section, and that it took 12 hours of photo retouching to get the picture to look like that. I really wish one of those Hollywood mothers who flaunt their taut bellies in magazines would ‘fess up and admit that they had a tummy tuck directly following their C-section, and that it took 12 hours of photo retouching to get the picture to look like that.

]]> By: Custancia http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2006/07/17/spread-the-word/comment-page-1/#comment-1227 Custancia Wed, 19 Jul 2006 22:49:00 +0000 http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/?p=329#comment-1227 How do you find such wonderful sites? How do you find such wonderful sites?

]]> By: Kim http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2006/07/17/spread-the-word/comment-page-1/#comment-1226 Kim Wed, 19 Jul 2006 14:15:00 +0000 http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/?p=329#comment-1226 Wow that site is amazing. I so admire the bravery to expose oneself to help others. Wow that site is amazing. I so admire the bravery to expose oneself to help others.

]]> By: tammara http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2006/07/17/spread-the-word/comment-page-1/#comment-1225 tammara Wed, 19 Jul 2006 04:58:00 +0000 http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/?p=329#comment-1225 Well, that's just an amazing site. I actually feel better. Aren't we all silly, to ever believe all that Hollywood crap anyway. This is what real women look like when they've given birth. Hmph.<br/><br/>Thanks so much for sharing it with us! Well, that’s just an amazing site. I actually feel better. Aren’t we all silly, to ever believe all that Hollywood crap anyway. This is what real women look like when they’ve given birth. Hmph.

Thanks so much for sharing it with us!

]]> By: Ariannah Armstrong http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2006/07/17/spread-the-word/comment-page-1/#comment-1224 Ariannah Armstrong Wed, 19 Jul 2006 00:03:00 +0000 http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/?p=329#comment-1224 I'm definitely going to add this AWESOME site to my blog...<br/><br/>Thank you Stuntmother! I’m definitely going to add this AWESOME site to my blog…

Thank you Stuntmother!

]]> By: gkgirl http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2006/07/17/spread-the-word/comment-page-1/#comment-1223 gkgirl Wed, 19 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/?p=329#comment-1223 that is an awesome site<br/>and could not have come at a <br/>better time...<br/>the height of bathing suit hell,<br/>i mean, season.<br/><br/>thank you for sharing it,<br/>it made me feel much better<br/>knowing that i am not alone...<br/>in feeling proud<br/>and strong and yet,<br/>still sucking it in a bit...<br/>:) that is an awesome site
and could not have come at a
better time…
the height of bathing suit hell,
i mean, season.

thank you for sharing it,
it made me feel much better
knowing that i am not alone…
in feeling proud
and strong and yet,
still sucking it in a bit…
:)

]]> By: karrie http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2006/07/17/spread-the-word/comment-page-1/#comment-1220 karrie Tue, 18 Jul 2006 11:06:00 +0000 http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/?p=329#comment-1220 I still have the remnants of an overpriced Body Shop cocoa butter pushup stick thingie and two large bottles of lotion, so lack of cocoa butter surely was not the cause in my case at least.<br/><br/>I used to kind of like cocoa butter, but now the smell of it makes me feel pregnant again. I still have the remnants of an overpriced Body Shop cocoa butter pushup stick thingie and two large bottles of lotion, so lack of cocoa butter surely was not the cause in my case at least.

I used to kind of like cocoa butter, but now the smell of it makes me feel pregnant again.

]]> By: chelle http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2006/07/17/spread-the-word/comment-page-1/#comment-1219 chelle Tue, 18 Jul 2006 03:18:00 +0000 http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/?p=329#comment-1219 Real is beautiful. Always! Real is beautiful. Always!

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