Just The Way We Are
by Kait Moon I breastfeed. Not only do I breastfeed, I breastfeed twins. In total, over the course of the last 7+ years as a mother I’ve been breastfeeding for over 50 months (and no, I’m not counting the twins separately.) For those (like me) with bad math skills, that is over four years. I’m […]
The major news outlets tried their bored best to keep this story under wraps but slowly through out the week an incredible story emerged: About a woman. Swimming from Cuba to Key West. At the age of 64. Without the protection of a shark cage. After she ‘d failed to do it four times before. […]
This is one of those times where I really have no fucking clue how to begin. So I’ll start there. Because it’s honest. And because I’m still trying to buy the time to figure out a way to explain the last 15 years in something that doesn’t rival The Canterbury Tales in length and […]
I have been many shapes and sizes throughout my life. Fat kid no-one wanted on their team. Superskinny teenager who smoked and starved herself thin. Pushing a size 14 (UK sizes) in my 20s. Boyfriend troubles returning me to skinnydom in time for my 30s. Soon followed by marriage (not to the boyfriend) then children […]
I recently went to the monthly Finding Meaning in Medicine group I attend with Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen and a few other awesome physicians who gather together to remind each other why we are in service and who we are. Each month, we choose a topic to discuss. The topic was FRIENDSHIP. One person […]
Reading about the latest body image flap created by Seventeen magazine makes me thank God I don’t have a girl. Really, what I’m thanking Him for is that I don’t have a 53% chance of dealing with a daughter’s body issues starting at age 13. Seventeen had a body mass index (or BMI) calculator on […]
I’m on the precipice of a whole new world, a world where I no longer focus on the size of my pants or the lumpy-ness of my thighs. Who do I have to thank for this? The wonderful children from my Zumbatomic class today. My story is not that unusual – I let my health […]
Erin Kotecki Vest is busy making lupus her bitch and inspiring the world in the process. Read on for her thoughts on chronic illness and hope. I’ve been gun-shy to write. There is so much going on it’s hard to not only keep my blog up-to-date, but keep myself in check when writing. […]
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