Category Archives: body image

I Don’t Like Big Butts, and I Cannot Lie

Posted on February 11, 2013 by

I had a few ideas brewing in my mind today for a blog post. I was going to blog about a little twiggy teenage girl rear-ending my car yesterday, and how my first impulse—so new and foreign to me—was to … Continue reading →

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Top 10 Uses for My Post-Partum Gut Roll

Posted on January 13, 2013 by

1) PILLOW. Not for me but for my kids, as I can’t quite pull the loose flab up to the side of my own head at this point. Not quite. 2) TRAMPOLINE. While not as resilient as the full-size trampoline … Continue reading →

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Is It Wrong…

Posted on July 13, 2009 by

…that I can’t have a bite of chocolate in my own house without cowering in the laundry room? I’m really not a so-called emotional eater — unless you consider it an emotion when a grown woman spikes a heart rate … Continue reading →

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Who Has It Harder? Me or Mine?

Posted on May 9, 2009 by

Exhibit A ME: I spent most of yesterday spray painting a loft bed for my 5-year-old. Long story short, I kept running out of paint, had to wedge multiple hardware-store trips between naps and preschool stuff, and ended up inadvertently … Continue reading →

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