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Jerri’s Battle and Victory With Beauty: Jerri Speaks
Jerri describes her battle with her weight and what she did to overcome
negative self image.
Loving the Skin You’re In
I couldn’t fit into any of my clothes – my arms were just too big! It made me want to just lock myself up in my house, like a cousin of mine who has literally imprisoned herself in her home because she is overweight. She won’t go out anywhere.
That’s when I remembered God in my life saying, “I’ve got some things for you to do!” I realized it wasn’t over. Despite my situation, despite my weight, I knew it wasn’t over. So I said to myself, “OK, Jerri, you’re still wonderful, you’re still somebody, you’re still worthy.”
See, it’s all about the process of how you feel and how you think about yourself. I’m valuable — that was a high price to pay for myself. I mean, with all God has brought me through, with the tumor and all, at the end I’m going to sit here and shriek because of the weight? No, no, I’m still me.
So that’s how I got through. And here’s my advice to women all over. First, it starts with us. We have to know our self-worth and our value. We have to learn to love the skin we’re in.