The "whenever you feel like shit" post
From the amazing Nickie:
Oh my. Where do I begin. You are truly amazing. It is incredible to me that we had only 5 short weeks together, but I could swear you know me better than most people I see everyday.....Every time I get frustrated I think about you. Seriously. You taught me to take a deep breath and keep smiling. I get so easily wrapped up in stuff and you are so unconditionally loving and I couldn't thank you enough for being who you are. I hope you are well and I hope you have a wonderful week!
So this wonderful lady once dressed up as an enormous vagina to hand out condoms during her school's Sex Education Week... If she thinks I'm amazing, then I'm probably a little amazing. =)
From my amazing Kathryn:
Dude, this guy at Starbucks said this super sexist thing about making sandwiches and I immediately thought of you. I literally thought to myself "if leslie were here, what would she do?" So I just stood up, got in this guy's face and told him to fuck off. It was pretty awesome of me, thank you.
When I met her, she was in a really abusive relationship. Her boyfriend forced her to have sex with him for the first time and she had no idea that um, that's considered fucking rape. So we talked and talked and talked and she finally realized that she was worth something and that she had a say in what she wanted out of life. This means a fucking lot when you consider how little self-esteem she had.
From my darling Sam:
How cool would it be if we both became archaeologists and we were super feminist and we teamed up like some kind of anti-archaeological oppression team. "THAT'S DISCRIMINATORY! FEMINISTS AAWAY!"
Sam would be my partner in crime (and justice).
Now from my Lily-kins:
I forgot that you call people 'darling', I love that about you! I bet you're a wonderful auntie! She's going to grow up so strong and confident having a role model like you. I would love to have had you as an auntie.
So Lily also had a really abusive boyfriend and Sam and I would spend hours talking to her about it because she really couldn't see why her boyfriend's comments were abusive. He'd say things like "don't wear that, it makes you look fat" and "stop talking about it, you're embarrassing me" and "why can't your body look like hers? she's actually hot"......yeah.... Apparently, England is full of FUCKWITS like this asshole. But she left him, moved in with a buddy and hasn't looked back since. She's dating this super hot guy from Singapore who could easily be a fucking Calvin Klein model. seriously...
And last but not least, miss Keri (or should I say, Mrs. Keri!):
Leslie, I just want to say that meeting you changed everything. I honestly would have never gotten married if it hadn't been for you. I was scared, you're absolutely right, of questioning my faith and I had no intention of doing it for a stupid boy! But he was worth it. You made it worth it. Having these discussions with you has seriously opened my eyes to the way you both view things. How could an atheist like you be so kind and understanding? I was always taught that it simply wasn't possible. Then I met your smiling face and thought to myself, this girl is an atheist. What else have I gotten wrong? Thank you. Just, thank you. Both of us are very grateful.
I love Keri because she helped me find my atheism, back in the day. She runs a charity through her church and I convinced her to build some houses in Mexico because they're super Catholic down there and I guess god abandoned them. She just shook her head and smiled, like the wonderful Christian she is.
Okay I'm done blowing my own horn....hehehehe dirty...... Just sometimes, I need a teeny tiny pick-me-up. =)
Oh my. Where do I begin. You are truly amazing. It is incredible to me that we had only 5 short weeks together, but I could swear you know me better than most people I see everyday.....Every time I get frustrated I think about you. Seriously. You taught me to take a deep breath and keep smiling. I get so easily wrapped up in stuff and you are so unconditionally loving and I couldn't thank you enough for being who you are. I hope you are well and I hope you have a wonderful week!
So this wonderful lady once dressed up as an enormous vagina to hand out condoms during her school's Sex Education Week... If she thinks I'm amazing, then I'm probably a little amazing. =)
From my amazing Kathryn:
Dude, this guy at Starbucks said this super sexist thing about making sandwiches and I immediately thought of you. I literally thought to myself "if leslie were here, what would she do?" So I just stood up, got in this guy's face and told him to fuck off. It was pretty awesome of me, thank you.
When I met her, she was in a really abusive relationship. Her boyfriend forced her to have sex with him for the first time and she had no idea that um, that's considered fucking rape. So we talked and talked and talked and she finally realized that she was worth something and that she had a say in what she wanted out of life. This means a fucking lot when you consider how little self-esteem she had.
From my darling Sam:
How cool would it be if we both became archaeologists and we were super feminist and we teamed up like some kind of anti-archaeological oppression team. "THAT'S DISCRIMINATORY! FEMINISTS AAWAY!"
Sam would be my partner in crime (and justice).
Now from my Lily-kins:
I forgot that you call people 'darling', I love that about you! I bet you're a wonderful auntie! She's going to grow up so strong and confident having a role model like you. I would love to have had you as an auntie.
So Lily also had a really abusive boyfriend and Sam and I would spend hours talking to her about it because she really couldn't see why her boyfriend's comments were abusive. He'd say things like "don't wear that, it makes you look fat" and "stop talking about it, you're embarrassing me" and "why can't your body look like hers? she's actually hot"......yeah.... Apparently, England is full of FUCKWITS like this asshole. But she left him, moved in with a buddy and hasn't looked back since. She's dating this super hot guy from Singapore who could easily be a fucking Calvin Klein model. seriously...
And last but not least, miss Keri (or should I say, Mrs. Keri!):
Leslie, I just want to say that meeting you changed everything. I honestly would have never gotten married if it hadn't been for you. I was scared, you're absolutely right, of questioning my faith and I had no intention of doing it for a stupid boy! But he was worth it. You made it worth it. Having these discussions with you has seriously opened my eyes to the way you both view things. How could an atheist like you be so kind and understanding? I was always taught that it simply wasn't possible. Then I met your smiling face and thought to myself, this girl is an atheist. What else have I gotten wrong? Thank you. Just, thank you. Both of us are very grateful.
I love Keri because she helped me find my atheism, back in the day. She runs a charity through her church and I convinced her to build some houses in Mexico because they're super Catholic down there and I guess god abandoned them. She just shook her head and smiled, like the wonderful Christian she is.
Okay I'm done blowing my own horn....hehehehe dirty...... Just sometimes, I need a teeny tiny pick-me-up. =)