I Held the Weight of Your Loss in My Hands
When you look at the people you love in your life, you often don’t think about them in terms of…
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When you look at the people you love in your life, you often don’t think about them in terms of…
Continue Reading“You are just the right size,” this is a phrase I say to my 4-year-old daughter. I happened upon it…
Continue ReadingA few months into virtual pandemic schooling, my 8-year-old daughter snuggled up next to me, “Mom, I’m glad I’m not…
Continue ReadingThis is 200. This is what four kids in seven years, COVID, seven months of high dose prednisone, and life,…
Continue ReadingMama friend, I know you are unhappy with your weight. You stand on the scale and wonder how the number…
Continue ReadingWhy is that fit, seemingly healthy guy with that not-so-fit, seemingly unhealthy gal? I am ashamed to admit this thought…
Continue ReadingAs far back as I can remember, I attached my value to my size. I can clearly recall sitting at…
Continue ReadingI’m no stranger to feeling the weight of the world on my shoulders. In my life, I’ve carried emotional baggage.…
Continue Reading"I'm fat, old, and out of shape," I said in a matter of fact way as I entered the van.…
Continue ReadingIt was a single picture of me that did it. I looked at it on my screen and saw "me"…
Continue ReadingMy new normal is 15 pounds heavier. I’m not writing this because I’ve embraced that. I’m writing this because I…
Continue ReadingI’ve carried this weight since I was 11. That’s when it came, unbidden, unwanted, and for me, unexpected. It showed…
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