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If only I were skinny… I’d be so much happier. This is not the case at all. Actually, when I was my skinniest, I was the most unhappy I had ever been. I was clinically depressed, and was completely miserable. All I was able to think about was food and my body, and not gaining weight. I was trapped inside. I’d have so many more friends. See, it seems as though skinny people tend to be more popular. I worked so hard at attaining thinness that my personality completely dwindled to nothing, I had no energy, and I was withdrawn from everyone and everything. Clearly,Read More →

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My four-year-old son lost his two bottom teeth this week. This made him the first friend in his class to lose a tooth, and he felt so special. My hope is that this feeling of being “special” or “different” continues as a joyful emotion rather than a troubled one. Even at the young age of six years old, I felt the pressure to “fit in,” and be like everyone else. I really do remember it like it was yesterday. I was in first grade, and was a new student at Ealy Elementary School. My family had just moved to a new house–requiring me to attend a differentRead More →