Friday night was the Senior High Girls Sleepover. We decided to have the girls over to my house for a slumber party and to talk about eating disorders and self-image (a topic we touched on at youth group but didn’t go very deep). Anyway, it was a very eye-opening experience. I can’t say much because of confidentiality but I can say this - I discovered that every girl has been teased, picked on, or thought badly of herself because of her body image. No matter if they are big, small, skinny, tall, short, whatever, everyone felt bad about the way they looked. As one girl put it Friday night “no matter what we do, we just can’t win.”
The whole night wasn’t that depressing though. We did get to make killer smoothies (even the the “sludge glass” that everyone poured leftovers in tasted good), watched 10 Things I Hate About You, stayed up until 4:30 in the morning, and slept in late. And we also managed to find spots for 7 girls to sleep in my living room (if you’ve seen my house you know that’s pretty dang impressive).
I’d forgotten how much fun girly sleepovers can be. Next month is the junior high sleepover. Hopefully, I’ll remember my camera so I can post some fun pics of my girls.