Meditation of the Week 02-06-07
I had prepared an entirely different Meditation for today. Then, something happened which led me to believe there was a special message that needed to be shared… In 1971, John […]
Confessions of the Fat Girl #8
When I first decided to get healthy and rid myself of this excess person I carry around with me on a daily basis, I wanted to do it in secret. […]
Meditation of the Week 01-30-07
This morning I was up long before the sun, when the sky and the mountains merged as one into the grey liquid dawn. My daughter’s light was on so I […]
Confessions of the Fat Girl #7
I am offended and maybe even hurt. I am still trying to decide. You see, on a fluke several months ago, I joined a “singles online” thingie. In the olden […]
Painted Veil
Movie Title: Painted VeilOverall score (out of 5): 5Rated: PG-13 – civil uprising violence, some sexual overtures, brief opium use, cholera-related death and decayRunning time: 2hrs5minGenre: romantic dramaMain premise: This […]
Confessions of the Fat Girl #6
Thinking about Invisibility lately… How is it that those who are Fat are also imperceptible? Overweight people are… well… big… much bigger than “normal” people of their same height. I […]
Confessions of the Fat Girl #5
My friend Laura had been raising children since she was fifteen years old. I agree that fifteen is a tad young to become a mother, but that was how her […]
Confessions of the Fat Girl #4
Morbid Obesity I am of the class of Morbidly Obese. I really, really hate that term. It sounds bad. It is bad. It is deadly, actually. You may not know […]
Confessions of the Fat Girl #3
Every day, between the time of 10:45 am and 10:52 am, a lunch truck comes down the street on which my office building is situated. Out my huge picture window, […]
Confessions of the Fat Girl #2
Below, I am posting an excerpt from my soon-to-be-released creative non-fiction work entitled Above the Clouds. In this book, one of the topics I address is my almost-twenty-year battle with […]
Meditation of the Week 01-15-07
Stop for one moment and think about how miraculous your body truly is. These machines were made to withstand years and years of abuse and neglect. For most of us, […]
Confessions of the Fat Girl
Have you ever noticed that when you do something different in your life that it seems like, suddenly, everyone is doing it? Like, for instance… you buy a new car, […]
