f the open hypocrisy.As a fat girl I was bullied in school AND in Sunday School qith no help from those "good" Christians. Poorer than most of the attendees, I…Apr 17Apr 17
Female + Fat = Fake?Author’s note: Confession — there was a time, in elementary school in the late 1950s when I did pretend to be sick. I hated going to…Mar 24Mar 24
Time with the Sopranos..I spent one week with the entire series and this is what I discoveredMar 121Mar 121
Today I Wrote My ObituaryToday I wrote my obituary. I’m not dying — at least not now. But I am 76 and life itself is the real terminal illness.Dec 31, 2023Dec 31, 2023
Help Your Children with Their Dreams…My father was not the type to openly express his love — at least not to me. So, I have few fond memories of the two of us.Dec 27, 2023Dec 27, 2023
How to Destroy Someone’s Sense of Worth from Childhood On…When I was a “preteen” I was fat, I’d been fat since I was 8. Being fat in the late 1950s and living in a lower middle-class family was not…Dec 24, 20231Dec 24, 20231
Christmas Day Alone…Divorced and with a grown daughter living almost 3000 miles away, for a few years Christmas Day for me could have been lonely. If I had a…Dec 23, 2023Dec 23, 2023
An Old Lady Walks into a Grocery Store…An old woman walks into a grocery store. You can tell she’s old — her walking is hesitant; she has gray hair and is using a cane which she…Dec 12, 2023Dec 12, 2023