The day AFTER the hysterectomy I looked pregnant and gained 28 lbs…..all in the stomach under my breasts. I lost some weight; however, it turned to loose flab over my pubic area. I’m disgusted. I always had a sense of ‘vanity’ (not in a bad way, just trying to look my best...
to the creative fields I’ve chosen don’t carry that same weight. That the only real contributions are ones that force me to give up my creativity to get my hands into the muck of trying to right a world turned upside-down, even if I’m sacrificing my own self-care in the process...
Coming home, I was very conscious of the need to find a new story. My husband had relocated to Ohio – close to his family but far from mine – and I had no clear job prospects, nor any burning desire to have one. I knew my own tendencies, though: I would find some hypothetical ...
The toe of his boot slammed into my side, flipping me over with a crack from my midsection. I sucked in a breath over cut and smashed lips, felt blood bubbling in my throat as I elbow-crawled away, felt it streaming down my cheeks and chin and neck from my now-flabby nose and a ...
to the creative fields I’ve chosen don’t carry that same weight. That the only real contributions are ones that force me to give up my creativity to get my hands into the muck of trying to right a world turned upside-down, even if I’m sacrificing my own self-care in the process...