You never know when an epiphany will hit you. It makes me crazy how often these life changing realizations have been in front of me all the time. I just couldn’t see them - or maybe I wasn’t ready to see them. When these breakthroughs happen, it’s like the sky opens up and the angels sing. I finally get it. The message sinks in. I love old pictures. I’m one of those weirdos who buys family photos at estate sales of people that I don’t know. I love the ones that spur my imagin

I used to think I look fat in this picture. I’ve been fat my entire life. The reason I know I’m fat is that people have been telling me so since I was a child. At school, riding my bike down the street, and even at home, people constantly felt compelled to let me know that I was a fatty. Some comments and name-calling were meant to be mean. Others, while intending to be helpful and caring, were unknowingly cruel in a deeper way. The things they said having a profound effect w