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Let Today be Today

It would not do for me to be a runway model. Aside from the fact that I am 5’2” (eyes of blue) and very curvy, models never look where they’re going. I confess I’ve always envied that cool stare straight ahead as they saunter down the catwalk in those crazy heels....

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I Must Be Me…Don’t Apologize

I’d say two words encapsulate my primary way of diminishing myself - I’m sorry.  I’m not apologizing for the phrase. That IS the phrase. I’m sorry. It became an exhaustive part of my vernacular. Constantly apologizing for who I was, how I looked, what I said, the...

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Who’s too Big

I can’t quite pinpoint when in elementary school I became aware I wasn’t like the other girls. But once I did the differences seemed insurmountable. Taller. Chubbier. A big ol’ clumsy mess that didn’t entirely fit the mold. BIG being the operative word. Don’t ask me...

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