Advice for Parents by Doris Smeltzer

Not cute enough

I had a doctor’s appointment today—a routine check-up, nothing serious.  At one point I shared with my physician our upcoming fund raiser and gave her a copy of our flier.  As I’ve mentioned before, we’re hosting the northern California premiere of the award-winning documentary, “America the Beautiful: Is America Obsessed with Beauty.”  My doctor read the movie’s title out loud and replied, “Well we know China is.”  It took me a moment to figure out what she was referring to.

"Clear, Undisturbed, Firm, and Funny" (C.U.F.F.)

I’ve been going just a little crazy getting ready for our non-profit’s first major fund raising event on September 13th and find myself spending way too much time working way too many hours.  I received a comment last week from a mother, Jill, to one of my blog entries and have not been able to stop thinking about it.  I wanted to respond immediately but had deadlines that had to be made.  The beauty is that I’ve had time to mull over my response.  The words Jill wrote sounded like words I would have used while Andrea was still here.  About the fact that her daughter is suffering with an eating disorder Jill wrote, in part: