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I was thinking of you today and decided to write you a little note to remind you of a few things. Sometimes I think you forget that you are ok just as you are. Really, I think that you have never accepted that fact. I know you are your own worst critic. Maybe when you…
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One year ago today I experienced one of the most frightening days of my life. I quit my job. I had never NOT had a job. At least since I was 15 years old. And here I was at 47 and jobless. It felt surreal, refreshing, frightening, but mostly, it felt like the ending of…
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Journal Entry – Age 23, May 1998 I’m 23 years old, a college student, working part time at a credit union and very single. After a bad break up (well, it was bad for me since I didn’t want to break up. I don’t think it was bad for him. He seemed to move on…
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I always knew I was chubby. It just was what it was. My mom had to shop in the Husky Girl section of Sears Surplus Outlet. But when I was younger, I didn’t know it was a thing. I never felt different or bad about myself. Not until 3rd grade. In the neighborhood where I…
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What the fuck is that? I thought as I read the Cosmo article about the 5 characteristics most beautiful woman in the world shared. Thigh gap? I had to continue to read the article to find out what it meant. This was in a time before Google (which honestly was a sad time. I freaking…
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An entry from my journal: Age 28 – 2003 May This is going to sound so weird. Really. But if you know me, you know two things: 1. I am not a liar and 2. I am weird, so… Last night Trisha and I went to Rockin Taco for her dad’s birthday dinner. I totally didn’t…
DIARY OF A FAT GIRL 