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BHBC: Diary of a Mad Fat Girl

March 8, 2012 By Erika Zane

8 Mar

Busy, stressful, and overwhelming pretty much sum up the past month for me.  Between buying a house, moving/unpacking/decorating, setting up for the baby, preparing for the home birth (which could happen any day now that I’m 38 wks), dealing with a stomach virus that spread through our family like wildfire this week, and the normal day to day SAHM stuff, I haven’t had much time to myself.  I knew, when I committed to reading Diary of a Mad fat Girl by Stephanie McAfee for the BlogHer book club, that this would be a stress reliever.  I was right.

This book was about the Graciela “Ace” a high school teacher in a small town, who doesn’t particularly like her job or her town, but feels anchored there (do to some pretty tragic childhood events).  She’s a big mouth and a fierce protector of her friends who finds herself in and out of situations most people would avoid altogether.  It’s a book full of whit and adventure and I loved it.

I honestly found myself going back and forth between loving Ace and wanting to yell at her.  I’m somewhat like her in my tendency to expect too much from people (ie not trust that sometimes there’s a good reason for a secret) and her need to get involved in sticky situations out of love and loyalty for the people she cares about.  At the same time, however, her dry and downright violent view of others put me a little on edge (ie constant comments about wanting to strangle, punch, kill, etc. along with occasional physical follow through).  I’m just too much of a wimp I guess.  I get just as mad as anyone else when someone cuts me off or is mean for no reason.  But, when I think angry thoughts, I think about the things I’d like to say to someone or how I could get someone in trouble.  My way isn’t necessarily better and her way was definitely much more entertaining.

So basically, if you’re looking for a quick and very entertaining read, this is the one for you!  I’d call this one a beach read.  Aaah, to be on the beach right now… 🙂

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Hello and welcome.  It’s been a while.  For Lent this year I decided to fast from the thing that took too much of my attention from what is truly important: Social Media.  Though there are countless amazing benefits to Social Media, after about a month offline so far, there are seemingly just as many negatives.  I never realized how much of my brain had been hijacked by it.  I’ve had so many revelations about how much easier it is to move forward when I’m not constantly reminded of the past.  But I still want to record my family as they grow at this ridiculous speed and, I’m realizing, so many of our family’s memories are here.  Those along with so many of the struggles and stages we’ve worked through.  Maybe in the midst of COVID19 isolation and my kids around me so often, I’m brought back to a time when they were too young for school and with me so often.  Writing here during that time helped make up for the limited adult conversation in my days and the overwhelm provided by my… little treasures 😉 My husband, fur babies, three fiesty kids, and I hereby extend an invitation to visit this little sneak peak into our life. We’re super flawed and broken and there aren’t too many dull moments around here.  And I promise it’s not always as magical as some of my golden hour, sun-soaked images would suggest.  There’s usually too much coffee in my system and we welcome all the prayers.  Come on over if you want to process with me.

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