Comments on: Nerd

By: gritandglory.com

gritandglory.com — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:23:00 +0000

seriously. i could have written this post. except my graduating class was 10. all girls! we scared all the guys away by the time we reached 12th grade.

By: Mel

Mel — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:35:00 +0000

I was that Smart Girl, too. I spent lunchtimes in the library and I hid my grades, too, when possible. And I loathed my hair.

You are so beautiful that I can’t imagine you nerd-like. Ever.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:40:00 +0000

I think the thing I love about this post, and why I’m commenting on it, is the unity among women it inspired. Its real easy to look at a bunch of women, determine they are successful, lovely, and generally better than I could ever be, and not see the truth behind all that. That we were all kids, all insecure in some way, and all felt lacking, even if our circumstances have grown us beyond this.

Though for the record, I was and always will be the uptight bookworm involved in everything, and still a loner. I just wear it differently now.

By: Dionna

Dionna — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:42:00 +0000

Isn’t it amazing how we can get labeled and work the rest of our lives trying to shake that label off? I try to remember (when I’m feeling really sorry for myself) of the only label that truly matters – the one God has put on me.

By: Earen

Earen — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:54:00 +0000

You know, I look back at highschool & I too went most of my years of school to a small Christian school & my class had 15. I got A’s & a few B’s…I was what some might call popular & I was a athlete. I “thought” I had arrived. I then switched schools my senior year & went to a bigger Christian school with a class of 75 & was nothing…no one even knew me. It was terrible for me, but God revealed some sweet gifts to me through it. I say all this not to toot my own horn, but to say that I look back now & think that I put so much significance in it and now it’s gone…over and those “great” things that I thought I did & had were really meaningless in the big picture. My point is to encourage you…I can’t even imagine you being a nerd & the words that you write just blow my mind. Those kids that didn’t value your heart were BIG TIME LOSERS and I for one am sorry that there might have been times when I was that person…You have an incredible gift & I’m so thrilled to be apart of your life! Nerd or no nerd..you’re a gift to me!

By: Janelle

Janelle — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 02:16:00 +0000

You are so not a blog nerd! You could be voted MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED!

By: Alana

Alana — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:23:00 +0000

Yeah, I would definitely advise against the cartwheels. Last time I tried one it ended in a knee injury

High School.

(groan)

I had a similar high school experience, so glad to be an adult.

By: Robyn Liskey

Robyn Liskey — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 21:13:00 +0000

i love this piece, sarah! i was a nerd in high school too, embarrassed to be smart. why is that so? i hope our daughters won’t be afraid to be smart, and that we will allow them to proud of such a God-given gift!

By: Sarah Markley

Sarah Markley — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:21:00 +0000

Rochelle: Blogging has also give me a voice.
Denise: What is piggy back permed hair? Picture?
Kristen: thank you for your sweet comment.
Brad: Pooh is always wise. =)

By: Sarah Markley

Sarah Markley — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:19:00 +0000

Faith: You aren't a nerd.
Linda: Thank you for the encouragment.
Becoming Me: Thank you for the compliment. =)
ladybug: so glad I'm not in HS anymore!
Lisa: Yes, yes we were. Yes we were. I haven't forgotten.
Judi: No words can thank you enough.
Mandy: you are kind, now I amt thinking of what kind of video I can do =)
Jana: I also looked like an Ingalls.
Yyvonne: you are right about the self-doubt rearing its ugly head again. I totally relate.