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  • Things I Now Know…

    I am not a skinny girl. I have history on my bones. And babies and heartache and love.I am mother earth. I am my own homeland. The circumference of my thighs holds multiple worlds that only the bravest can navigate.

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  • A Fat Girl’s Life

    After almost forty years of disliking myself because of my weight, I’m beginning to tire of the energy necessary to be so mean to myself. It takes way too much work to maintain self-loathing. I’m healthier than a lot of skinnier women I know. I’m smart, I’m kind, and when I love someone, I love…

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