Lesa's Rant for the Week

This Garfield comic creates a perfect intro to what I want to rant about today.

Last week, as I was walking through the mall searching for the perfect dress for Alli's wedding, I passed by a store with this sign:

"Now offering Plus Sizes: 12-24"

Excuse me? Since when is a 12, or even a 14, a plus-size?! The average woman in America is a size 12--and that is NOT a plus size.

When I watch the media and then observe its effects on the young girls with which I work, I realize that more and more they are pressuring girls to be WAY too skinny--and many girls truly believe that they must be a twig in order for men to find them attractive. They are SO wrong!

That's why I chose this Garfield comic to precede this mini-rant. Girls: Be healthy, but don't make yourself ill trying to be what society says is "beautiful." Society is WRONG about that!! The Lord has made us all beautiful in different ways--and we don't have to look like the air-brushed models on magazines!

Okay, I'm done. I just couldn't believe that sign. Be happy with who God has made you to be--it's okay to improve your appearance, but do it for YOURSELF, not for others.