The “diet” began at age thirteen with diet pills, I meandered through “chubby” clothes the 1/2 tag, slacks wearing out first at the inner thighs, chiding comments from Mother and others, called in Red Rover by the description, “Let Fat […]
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To Tell the Truth
I’m what has come to be known as codependent. I offer to help all the time, act willing when you control me, aim to please. Inside, though, I’m yelling, “So, do it yourself, Lazy! And when you come back could […]
Continue reading »The things I don’t say
I swallow my words when I want to yell them, stuff them down like for so many years I ate comfort food. The problem is, the words and the anger that caused them too often trigger the stuffing food again. […]
Continue reading »I Can’t Wait for Thanksgiving Because…
Thanksgiving was the dining table and the football game on TV, the annual confrontation of Aggies and Longhorns. Both were emotional events, the desire to win it all… but times change. “So good-bye to texas university We’re going to beat you all to […]
Continue reading »Whose Should’s Run Your Life?
Take a moment. Examine whose should’s are running your life. Are the things you tell yourself you need to be doing true expressions of your legitimate goals, responsibilities, and commitments? ~ Beattie, Melody. More Language of Letting Go: 366 New Daily […]
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