To My Television Friend Oprah...

Dear Oprah,
So...fat again? Oprah, it is so very okay...please do not beat yourself up about it and please oh please do not make all of us go on ANOTHER quest to get you into a size 10. Let's be honest...we are not surprised...it happens to everyone of us...we are who we are and Mac and Cheese either gets us or doesn't...and THAT is being honest. The sad honesty is that there are a large number of women out here that are happy that you gained it back...oh yeah...big smiles on their faces...after all you have your own chef, your own trainer, your own masseuse, your own everything for Christ sake...and still gained it back...we are working all day, picking up the kids, heating the chicken strips for dinner, doing the homework, giving the baths...let's not even talk about the Christmas bullshit...and trying to lose or maintain that dreaded NUMBER!
Oprah, you have a great opportunity here. You have been a hero to so many women that you have encouraged, supported or helped just by finding your calling, getting yourself on television and communicating yourself to everyone...please do not blow this opportunity to let all of these fabulous women down by getting obsessive about losing your weight...if you want to do it, then do it, but please leave us out of it this time...no more Bob Greene giving you hell or Dr. Phil telling you why or Rosie the chef telling you what to eat...ENOUGH we are out here saying...love yourself, Oprah...whether fat or skinny or in between...you are our OPRAH who believes in the good and banishing the evil...please send us the message that "Girls, I am here to get you through today and plan for a better tomorrow, no matter how I look...because it really must be how I feel about myself"...Remember Carole King: "You've got to wake up every morning with a smile on your face and show the world all the love in your heart" She doesn't say you have to wake up skinny or if you are fat you have no love in your heart...
To quote Billy Joel..."We love you just the way you are"
Merry Christmas Oprah
Love, Suzin
PS...now that you have gained why not wait until AFTER Christmas to try and lose...OMG, eggnog, cookies, scalloped potatoes...what the hell, O, what the hell!