Judy McLain
1 min readApr 12, 2021

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A child's birthday party should be magical and it looks like you succeeded.

Here is one thing I'm thinking about:

"I know stories like these open a person up for a lot of criticism — like how could I show my daughter’s face online, how could I feed her so much junk food or send her the message that food can be fun, and how could I “spoil” a kid so much for their birthday."

Let's forget about that small minority who are so miserable in their own lives they need to point out things you do they say are wrong. These things they disagree with are normal things, things most people do.

Be unapologetic. Blow them a virtual raspberry.

When I used to do art shows I'd sometimes get two people coming into the booth together. One would state they loved my work and the other would dismiss it. About half the time the one who dissed it would convince the other that her idea of my work was mistaken. A dark cloud would descend.

And then sometimes two people would come in and one would support the other's ideas, encourage them to treat themselves to this or that. They would be smiling and having such a good time together. I'd make a sale, the sun would come out and the little birds would sing and flit about.

I choose to support rather than to tear down.

All of that negativity is OPB (other peoples bullshit).

Love the wall of flowers backdrop. Are you keeping it in place? I hope so!

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Judy McLain
Judy McLain

Written by Judy McLain

Shit Creek survivor. Storyteller. Feminist liberal. Southern without the accent. Chihuahuaist.

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