Comments on: I am a Strange Bird

By: Lucinda J

Lucinda J — Sun, 27 Nov 2022 12:55:41 +0000

In reply to Pamela lakits. Thank you Pam, it's good to hear from you again. :)

By: Pamela lakits

Pamela lakits — Sun, 27 Nov 2022 11:49:37 +0000

Even though I am old enough to be your mother I can so relate to this. It seems age does not rule when it comes to feeling different from those around you.
I’ve always felt like the odd man out. The quirky wallflower of the family.
Reading your blog showed me I’m not the only one be who feels this way and it’s nice to have some company!!!!!
Its a good reminder that we are “wonderfully made” and that God knows what he is doing. Life would be a bit boring if we were all the same.
Thank you Lucinda for being so open and honest.

By: Delphine

Delphine — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 12:10:32 +0000

Those last two sentences were powerful! I’m teary eyed now… thanks for the good dig of food for thought.

By: Naomi

Naomi — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 19:52:49 +0000

Such good truths, so well spoken. Loved the description of your Dad.

By: Brendan Armitage

Brendan Armitage — Sun, 18 Sep 2022 18:27:45 +0000

How susceptible we are to the Devil as we listen to his words, “We aren’t good enough. We aren’t pretty enough. My nose is too big. My body is too big.”?
All those things are such lies. Who are we to decide that what God made isn’t perfect? Who are we to decide that God was wrong?

Some things are just wrong and need to be called out as such. Human beings are always sinful, as we are children in a world we don’t understand. So we can’t trust other human beings as we can trust God.

God made you.
God made you good.
Relax, rejoice and be glad in that and be glad in Him.

Go to church. Try to be nice. Try to take care of yourself and take care of others. Use your time on this earth to make things to sell and to give away to those around you.
Try to stay away from the thinking that you can improve on that without God.

By: Lucinda J

Lucinda J — Thu, 15 Sep 2022 15:56:01 +0000

In reply to Meredith. Ivan asked a similar question. I suppose most adolescents go through a period of uncertainty... it's part of growing up. But maybe accepting ourselves and accepting others for who we are can help them to internalize that everyone is beautiful?

By: Meredith

Meredith — Thu, 15 Sep 2022 15:23:05 +0000

This is so good! We spend so much energy worrying and trying to fit it to what we think is ‘normal. And I think most other people are doing the same. I would like to embrace my ‘differentness’. If everyone acted ‘normal all the time, it would be boring, anyway, right? You put into words so well what you feel about your daughter, quirks and all. How can we help our children realize our love, and embrace who they are?

By: jennie z

jennie z — Wed, 14 Sep 2022 03:09:12 +0000

I love this blog post. Very relatable. But even more as I'm older I feel less loveable but also maybe more accepting of myself.... I too wish I would not have wasted years of thinking I wasn't good enough . Xoxxo

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 13 Sep 2022 18:10:34 +0000

“Too clumsy, too shy, too awkward, too everything that was not graceful, beautiful, and womanly.” All right, who told you about me? ;) Because those are words that I have used to describe myself — more in my teen years, but even now I have to battle the shy-and-awkward-and-therefore-undesirable lies. So, thank you for sharing. It was an encouragement to me (and probably many others like me)!

By: Claudia

Claudia — Tue, 13 Sep 2022 11:34:39 +0000

“Tacky was an odd bird, but a nice bird to have around.”