You may be aware that Nurture You has been conducting a fund raiser for Gina’s Team, a 501(c)3 corporation whose mission is to address inmates’ needs by contributing to inmate education, programming, and re-entry, thus creating better citizens, smoother re-entry and more peaceful communities both inside and out. I’ve invited people to purchase my book, Worth Waiting For: Sane Sex for Singles, to donate to a woman who is incarcerated or has just been released. Why would be a book about dating be appropriate to incarcerated women?
If you’ve read the book or been reading my blog for a while, you know that sane sex is all about knowing your worth. Most people in prison have little sense that their true value is beyond measure. They and you are treasure! You’re worthy of the time it takes for you and a potential partner to know each other well – to be emotionally intimate – before becoming physically intimate. You are a person of great beauty, both inside and out. For some reason it’s become fashionable to put our bodies down. I regularly hear women lamenting about their hips, legs, stomachs, hair, and, of course, their behinds. This self-deprecation is ungrateful (just whose image and likeness are you fashioned after?), unhealthy, boring, and certainly not admirable.
If you want others to appreciate you more, start by appreciating yourself. And if you’d like to help spread this message to the women at Perryville Prison, go here to donate a book to Gina’s Team.