Before I developed complications from EDS, I loved to dance. Now mostly I just watch and yearn. For instance last night, when my husband and I happened to catch one of those dance competitions on TV. Beautiful things happen on that stage. People show their souls to the world. Artists are born. But last night,… Read More The Truth About Female Empowerment: 3 Lessons to Help Build Strong Girls
A couple years ago, my stepson came to visit for Thanksgiving. We were overjoyed to see him, but startled by his appearance. While away at college, he had been very ill and dropped about 35 lbs. He looked so skinny and frail, and his clothes hung loosely about him. Everywhere we went, he was met with… Read More Update: el pelo (that’s “hair” in Spanish)
It’s everywhere. In my bed. On my clothes. In my food. All over the house. I even spot strands of it stuck to my children and my husband. Probably from hugs. I’ve been out of ICU for about 12 weeks, and now I’m losing my hair. Handfuls, brushes and combs full. For the past month. And it’s… Read More Losing it
A couple weeks ago in a post about my sister’s engagement, I left a little cliff hanger … “Today, as my mom and I were driving to pick up the wedding dress, she said something about the right guy fitting like ‘your favorite pair of blue jeans.’ … That analogy really hit home … and I have a great deal… Read More Boys are like blue jeans
I have been debating for weeks–months even–about this post. Perhaps you will think me crude or inappropriate for approaching the subject of female anatomy in this manner. But in a culture where breasts are openly displayed, discussed, and ogled, I feel the need to add my unique perspective to the public dialogue. I realize this subject might… Read More Big fat boobs
What is real? Do we even know anymore? In a world where … most of the music we listen to starts with a human voice but is mixed in a studio and edited to perfection, much of the food we eat is genetically modified and then processed, the image of children “playing” usually involves some… Read More Manufactured
This is a guest post sent by my amazing friend and health coach Suzanne Knight. I receive health tips like this once a week to keep me on track and HAD TO share this one! You rock, Suz! Long work hours… stress… some of us have turned to food! When we experience stressful events or… Read More Mindfulness
Flashback to January 11, 2013 … People often ask if Christian is a “rebound relationship” for me. Ah, the dreaded term. You know, he even asked me himself once. Rebound relationship. What does that even mean? It sounds so insulting. It minimizes the importance of the relationship to pretty much nil, doesn’t it? It makes… Read More Rebound vs. slam dunk
It’s Wear Purple Wednesday! Show your support for National Eating Disorders Awareness this week. In the mean time, want to know what this thing is really about? Don’t really get it? Wonder what it’s like to be in the head of an amazingly gorgeous person (inside and out) who has a life-threatening eating disorder? My incredibly… Read More Beauty and the Purple Beast
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