by Heather Creekmore | Sep 9, 2018 | Helping Daughter with Body Image
At barely six-weeks-old, I was forced to engage in my daughter’s body image battle. I visited the office of my periodontist in an effort to overhaul my terribly messed-up, post-pregnancy gums. With an hour round-trip to his office, my husband and I deemed it...
by Heather Creekmore | Aug 16, 2018 | Helping Daughter with Body Image
As we continue our Helping Your Daughter with her Body Image Series, today, I want to ask you to do something unexpected. I want you to stop telling her she’s pretty. Allow me to explain: My daughter was wearing her brand new Elsa dress. (Those Disney marketing...
by Heather Creekmore | Aug 5, 2018 | Eating Disorders, Helping Daughter with Body Image, Teen Body Image Issues
Today our “Questions” series continues with this SUPER tough one from a reader up north! Dear Heather: I have been encouraged by your posts and reminded to look past comparisons and to Christ. However, I’m struggling lately because my daughter is...
by Heather Creekmore | Jul 31, 2018 | Beauty, Body Image, Christian Living, Helping Daughter with Body Image
My Dear Girl: Where did the time go? I just saw your picture on Facebook and could hardly believe how grown up you look. You are not that precocious five-year-old girl to whom I used to sing the Dora the Explorer song. You are technically an adult now. Wow! But, as I...
by Guest | Jun 22, 2018 | Helping Daughter with Body Image
To my beautiful brown baby girl . . . Dear daughter: Mommy will be with you until God takes her home to heaven but God, your perfect heavenly father, will always be with you. He will be with you during times of injustices. You may be denied career, educational,...
by Heather Creekmore | Jun 1, 2018 | Helping Daughter with Body Image
I’m riled up right now because I just read another woman’s blog post that may well have been written in response to one of mine. The title of her post was something like “No, I won’t put on my swimsuit.” The author attempts to make the...
