Just The Way We Are
I don’t remember not knowing that my mother weighed 85 pounds when she got pregnant with me. Or that she was a senior in high school. Or that she got married right after graduation and had me instead of letting her parents talk her into an abortion. I don’t remember not thinking I was an [...]
“But you’re squishy.” Those were the words my daughter said to me several years ago after an encounter with someone we don’t see too often. This person, who is probably a size 6 or 8, made a comment in front of my family about how fat she was. So, I reasoned internally, what do my [...]
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